2/3/11 - Two more local residents busted for selling heroin in Hamburg Township have been sentenced and have been approved for a newly created treatment program. 20-year-old Cody Buck and 30-year-old Jessica Balden (both pictured) were both ordered to serve two years probation and 180 days in jail for their earlier guilty pleas to two counts of delivering less than 50 grams of heroin. Both will get credit for 90 days served and will be released to a residential treatment center. If they successfully complete the program, the remainder of their jail sentences will be waived. The new program is part of “Project Opiate”, which aims to help offenders who are addicted to heroin receive treatment both during and after their jail sentences. Buck, a 2008 Pinckney High School graduate, had recently shared his recovery story at a community forum on the dangers of heroin before he was arrested on the delivery charge November 7th. Buck, Balden, 38-year-old Curtis Hineman, 20-year-old Shane Kelly, 36-year-old Steven Hineman and 26-year-old Autumn Lauer were all charged in different cases for delivery of heroin at locations including Chilson Road and M-36, the Hamburg Food Center and in the Kroger parking lot. The drug investigations and arrests in October and November were part of a recent crackdown on heroin dealers and users by Hamburg Township Police. A warrant was issued for Lauer after she failed to appear in court and Steven Hineman will appear in court Friday for a settlement conference. If no plea deal is reached, he’ll proceed to trial next week. (JM)