Gerald Whitaker has accepted a plea deal offered to him by the government and will face sentencing in February, federal court records show.

A minute entry in his case shows Whitaker will plead guilty to one of the two counts lodged against him for selling a quantity of heroin in the Scotland Neck area. The second count against him will be dismissed.

His sentencing is set for February 22 before Chief Judge James C. Dever III at 9 a.m. in the federal courthouse in Raleigh.

Whitaker is charged with knowingly and intentionally distributing a quantity of heroin on July 8 of 2013, while a second count charges the same on July 22 of 2013.

The indictment notes, “The defendant committed the violations in counts one and two after two or more prior convictions for felony drug offenses had become final.”