Owner of "Munchies Pizza" admits dealing marijuana

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A Richboro pizzeria owner on Monday was sentenced to six to 23 months in Bucks County prison plus three years of probation for dealing drugs and owning an illegal gun.

Charles Schell IV, 26, operated Munchies Pizza near Richboro Elementary and Richboro Middle schools before he was arrested. During a hearing in Bucks County court in Doylestown, Schell pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance, delivery of marijuana and possessing a firearm with altered serial numbers.

County Judge Kenneth Biehn ordered Schell to take part in a drug-treatment program as part of his sentence, and banned him from owning any guns. Schell's attorney, Ray McHugh, told the judge that his client's drug problems stemmed from a foot injury that left him addicted to prescription painkillers.

During a so-called "reverse sting," Schell sold nearly a pound of marijuana to officers and a large quantity of Percocet, a painkiller.

Police searched Schell's apartment above the restaurant and found PVC tubing and magazines on bomb making, as well as a .380-caliber handgun with the serial numbers filed off. Schell told the judge Monday that he kept the gun for protection.

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