A Philadelphia man faces felony drug charges after he sold cocaine to a confidential informant, according to a criminal complaint.

On Feb. 23, officers from the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office met with a confidential informant who told them Robert Berry, 33, was staying at the Sleep Inn in Dunmore and was selling crack cocaine, according to the  complaint.

Trooper Travis Graziano noted Berry was well known to law enforcement from prior drug investigations.

According  to the complaint, at about 1 p.m., officers located Berry’s Ford Escape at the Inn on Monahan Avenue. An hour later, they watched him leave the Inn and drive to an address on Mckenna Court, Scranton.

Berry went inside the residence, previously known to be a site for illegal drug distribution and left two minutes later.

Later that day, investigators met with a confidential informant who said they could purchase cocaine at the Mckenna Court residence. Investigators outfitted the informant with a recording device and provided them with marked bills to make a purchase.

Officers watched as the informant entered the residence, where he met with a middle man.

Shortly after, Berry pulled up in his Ford Escape and the intermediary met him at the driver’s side window. Twenty seconds later, the third party went back into the McKenna Court residence.

The informant exited the residence and provided investigators with a quantity of crack cocaine he purchased.

Officers followed Berry and stopped him in the 600 block of Cedar Avenue.

Berry was arrested and searched. Officers found 17 grams of crack cocaine, individually packaged for sale, in his sweatshirt pocket. During a search of his vehicle, investigators also found the marked bills provided to the informant for the purchase.

He faces charges of possession with attempt to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

District Judge Kipp Adcock denied bail at Berry’s arraignment later that day, noting Berry was on parole. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. on March 5.

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