A San Juan Island man accused of selling heroin and methamphetamine to an informant working with local detectives is slated to stand trial on a trio of felony drug charges in mid-March.

On Jan. 30, Troy Leonard Kirk, 44, pleaded not guilty in San Juan County Superior Court to two counts of delivery of heroin and to one count of delivery of methamphetamine, both of which are Class B felonies and carry maximum penalties of 10 years in prison, a $20,000 fine, or both. Bail was set at $50,000 pending a March 16 trial.

A 38-year island resident, Kirk was arrested Jan. 16 at his Friday Harbor home following an investigation by the Sheriff’s department in late summer. He allegedly sold less than a gram of heroin on two occasions (a total of 1.2 grams for $175), and $20 worth of meth on one occasion, to an informant who volunteered to make a series of undercover drug buys as part of the investigation.

The informant, who claimed to have bought drugs from Kirk before, hoped to gain favorable consideration from law enforcement officials on pending criminal charges by participating in the investigation, according to court documents.

It’s the second time that Kirk faces prosecution for alleged drug dealing in the past four years. Following a 2011 arrest for alleged delivery of methamphetamine, he pleaded guilty to “solicitation to commit” delivery, a lesser offense, and was sentenced to 24 months of community custody under a drug-sentencing alternative in early 2012.

Following repeated violations of court orders associated with the sentencing alternative, he was ordered to serve 60 days in jail, 30 of which he was allowed to serve on work crew.

— Scott Rasmussen