The target of a drug investigation in Palmer Township pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to four and a half to nine years in state prison, prosecutors announced.

Ricardo Sylvester, 42, was the focus of an ongoing investigation when authorities served a search warrant Jan. 26, 2024, at his South Greenwood Avenue home, according to a news release from Northampton County District Attorney Stephen Baratta’s office.

Sylvester was present for the search, authorities said. Investigators found the toilet lid in a bathroom had been removed and there were several small rubber bands scattered on the floor, the release states.

“It was determined that, upon the police’s entry, Sylvester had attempted to dispose of narcotics by flushing them down the toilet,” Baratta’s office said in the rele

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