A Quakertown man will spend up to three decades behind bars for operating a major methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking operation in Bucks County.
Brendan Craig Hamrick, 47, was sentenced last week to 15 to 31 years in state prison following his guilty plea to multiple felony drug charges, according to Warrington Township Police. He pleaded guilty to nine counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He also entered a plea to two counts of criminal use of a communication facility, police said.
Prosecutors said Hamrick ran a bulk drug distribution operation, using his cellphone to coordinate large-scale sales of deadly narcotics throughout the county.
The sentence by Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr marks the conclusion of a significant narcotics investigation led by Bucks County Detectives Drug Strike Force and the Warrington Township Police Department.
In March 2022, investigators conducted controlled drug purchases involving more than 130 grams of methamphetamine and 58 fentanyl pills.
The investigation continued into May 2022, when officers stopped Hamrick’s vehicle and uncovered about 200 grams of crystal meth, along with cocaine base, LSD, MDMA, marijuana, packaging materials, and a digital scale.
During the sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Thomas Gannon presented disturbing evidence from a consensual recording in which Hamrick was heard encouraging a cooperating individual to drug a supplier with GHB which he described as the “date rape drug.”
Hamrick claimed on the recording that he possessed the knowledge to dose an individual to dose an individual based upon their body weight to keep them incapacitated for four to five hours.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
