Chevonne M. Martinson, who is serving a state prison sentence for burning down her residence in Shenandoah, admitted Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that she intended to sell marijuana in June 2015 in the borough.
Martinson, 31, of Shenandoah, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
Judge Charles M. Miller accepted Martinson’s plea and, pursuant to an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, sentenced her to serve six to 12 months in prison; pay costs, $100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund, $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $113 restitution to the state police crime laboratory in Bethlehem; and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Miller made Martinson’s sentence concurrent with the one she already is serving.
Shenandoah police charged Martinson with possessing a salable amount of marijuana, plus paraphernalia, on June 10, 2015, in the borough.
On Wednesday, Martinson said she is on medication but understood her plea and its consequences.
She is serving one to three years in state prison for violating her probation and parole in the arson case. She is serving her sentence at State Correctional Institution/Cambridge Springs in Crawford County.
Martinson originally pleaded guilty on Feb. 19, 2014, to arson endangering property and risking a catastrophe. Prosecutors withdrew three additional counts of arson, three counts of criminal mischief and nine of recklessly endangering another person.
At that time, President Judge William E. Baldwin accepted Martinson’s plea and, pursuant to an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, sentenced her to time served to 23 months in prison with immediate parole, plus 12 months consecutive probation. He also sentenced Martinson to pay costs, $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $154,685.17 restitution, and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Shenandoah police alleged Martinson set the fire at 432 W. Centre St. in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, 2013, after an argument with her live-in boyfriend, Luis E. Ramos.
The blaze destroyed 432 W. Centre St. and damaged homes at 430, 434, 436 and 438 W. Centre St., according to prosecutors. No one was injured in the blaze.
Baldwin revoked Martinson’s probation and parole on Aug. 5, 2015, and imposed her current sentence.