Hearing continued for a fourth time for Uniontown attorney
A preliminary hearing was continued for the fourth time Tuesday for a Uniontown attorney facing drug charges after police allege he delivered heroin and other narcotics to a man in custody at the Uniontown Police Department in July.
Brian Joseph Salisbury, 34, of 716 Second St., Newell, is charged with delivery of a controlled substance, transmission of a controlled substance to a confined person and three counts of drug possession.
Uniontown police Officer Matthew S. Painter said the charges were filed after Salisbury, under the guise of speaking with a client, delivered heroin, Xanax and Suboxone to Aaron L. Yauger, 30, of Lemont Furnace, after police picked up Yauger on a bench warrant on July 25.
A hearing before Magisterial District Judge Michael Metros will be rescheduled for a later date.
The third continuance was ordered by Fayette County President Judge John F. Wagner Jr. so as not to conflict with a second week of criminal court proceedings scheduled in October.
Officials said Salisbury’s attorney, Samuel J. Davis of Uniontown, requested the most recent delay.
Salisbury, who was admitted to practice law in 2008, has declined to comment following his arrest.