A Pottsville man remains in state prison after admitting Tuesday that he possessed a gun and drugs while driving with a suspended license in April 2015 in the city.
Luke P. Boyer, 31, must serve 18 to 36 months in a state correctional institution after pleading guilty to carrying a firearm without a license, possession of a controlled substance and driving under suspension, Schuylkill County Judge James P. Goodman ruled. Goodman made the sentence concurrent with Boyer’s Berks County sentence.
Goodman also sentenced Boyer to pay costs, a $1,000 fine, $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.
Pottsville police charged Boyer with committing his crimes on April 15, 2015, in the city.
Boyer already is an inmate at SCI/Frackville, and Goodman conducted the hearing by videoconference.
Also on Tuesday, Judge Charles M. Miller found Danny R. Quick, 62, of Fountain Springs, guilty of harassment, and sentenced him to pay costs and a $50 fine. Miller heard the case without a jury.
Butler Township police had charged Quick with harassing a neighbor on Aug. 15, 2015, in his neighborhood. Magisterial District Judge Christina E. Hale, Frackville, had found Quick guilty on Oct. 13, 2015, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Oct. 14.
In a Monday case, Judge Jacqueline L. Russell sentenced James E. Gilson, 21, of Pottsville, to serve one to 12 months in prison and undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Russell imposed the sentence after revoking Gilson’s probation, which the defendant admitted violating by failing to report to his supervising officer, moving without permission, committing new crimes and not making payments on his costs and fees.
“I use meth,” Gilson admitted. “I was using heroin. It is a problem.”
Gilson originally pleaded guilty on Nov. 13, 2013, to conspiracy and theft from a motor vehicle. At that time, Russell placed him on probation for 12 months, and also sentenced him to pay costs, a $50 CJEA payment and $12 restitution, all of which Gilson still must pay under the terms of Monday’s sentence.
Tamaqua police charged Gilson with conspiring and committing the theft on May 31, 2013, in the borough.
Also on Monday, Russell revoked the parole of John A. Booth, 42, of Shenandoah, and returned him to prison.
Booth cannot apply for reparole until May 15, and could remain in prison until Aug. 11, 2017, Russell ruled. She also ordered him to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Russell revoked Booth’s parole after the defendant admitted violating it by failing to report to his supervising officer and not making payments on his cost and fees.
“I just couldn’t shake it,” Booth told the judge of his heroin use.
Booth originally pleaded guilty on April 24, 2013, to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, with prosecutors withdrawing charges of criminal use of a communication facility, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. At that time, Russell sentenced him to serve three to 23 months in prison, pay costs, a $100 SAEF payment, a $50 CJEA payment and $113 restitution to the state police crime laboratory in Bethlehem.
McAdoo police charged Booth with possessing drugs with the intent to sell them on Aug. 3, 2012, in the borough.