A woman involved in a $1.5 million drug ring was sentenced Thursday to serve 47 days in prison in addition to three years intermediate punishment, including six months in drug rehab.

Shauna Foss, 25, of 226 W. College Ave., was sentenced for possessing and delivering heroin in two separate instances, according to court documents.

Officials said Foss was one of the nine individuals arrested in connection with the case against Taji Lee, an individual accused of controlling the largest drug ring in Centre County history.

According to grand jury charges, Foss sold five packets of heroin to a police informant on Aug. 17, 2004, acting under Lee's orders.

Others implicated in the drug operation testified that Foss bought regular amounts of heroin and cocaine from Lee. They also said Foss sold heroin to maintain her own drug habit, according to court documents.

Foss pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to grand jury charges of delivery of controlled substances, criminal conspiracy and possession of heroin.

According to court documents, Foss also received $200 for 10 bags of heroin sold to the residents of 900 S. Glenn Circle on June 22.

Police were called to the residence when they received a report that 19-year-old Penn State student Alex Hoffman had overdosed on heroin, according to court documents.

Hoffman was treated and released from Mount Nittany Medical Center that night. He was charged in September in connection with delivering heroin.

Centre County District Attorney Mike Madeira, formerly the state senior deputy attorney general, said Foss was one of the defendants that received a plea deal in exchange for her cooperation in the case against Lee or other co-defendants.

Since the case against Lee has been continued indefinitely because of motion hearings and a possible appeal to the Middle Superior Court, Madeira said, Foss' plea is contingent upon her continued cooperation.

Madeira said Foss' three-year sentence to intermediate punishment will include time in prison, a drug rehab program and a halfway house.

"It's effective because instead of simply [incarcerating defendants], you provide an alternate, which helps them get off the drugs they were on, and gives them a period where they are still under control of court, making sure they are adjusting well and not relapsing," he said.