Allen Rhoades, a 31-year-old man, has been sentenced to serve between seven to 20 years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges related to a drug delivery that resulted in the overdose death of a Bucks County Correctional Facility inmate.
According to a statement released by Bucks County, Rhoades faced multiple charges including drug delivery resulting in death, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy, and possession of contraband – he also entered pleas in four other unrelated cases. During the emotional sentencing, the family of the victim, Joshua Patterson, addressed President Judge Raymond F. McHugh, expressing how Patterson's death has left an immense void in their lives, his mother's grief being palpable to all present in the courtroom.
In a poignant courtroom scene, Rhoades was assigned additional punishments beyond the prison sentence. As detailed by Bucks County, he will face 10 years of probation following his incarceration, and he is ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution, measures that serve as a financial and legal coda to the sentence handed down by McHugh.
