State sentence

Admitting to staging a robbery of the Family Dollar Store in Pottsville proved costly to Jamie Torres-Dominguez, 44, as he was sentenced by Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin to serve four to eight years in a state correctional institution and the sentence is to begin when he completes a sentence he is now serving in the Berks County prison.Beer can tossJohn Joseph Kamant Jr., 50, Port Carbon, for tossing a beer can at a vehicle, was sentenced by Judge Charles M. Miller to serve three to 12 months in the county prison. He entered a guilty plea to the charge and received credit for serving 22 days in prison.On a charge of public drunkenness he received a concurrent sentence of 30 days in prison. Pottsville Patrolman Eugene M. Yourey, who filed the charges, stated in his report that Kamant threw a full can of beer at a vehicle damaging the windshield.Long probationMolly Jo Jenkins, Tower City, pleaded guilty to a charge of retail theft of jewelry and other items from Walmart store in Saint Clair valued at $240 and was sentenced by President Judge William E. Baldwin to serve 18 months on probation and make full restitution to the store.Revoke probationStephanie Marie Knorr, 23, Frackville, had her probation revoked by Judge Dolbin and she was re-sentenced on charges of credit card theft and forgery to serve 11 to 23 months in the county prison with credit for serving 195 day. On a charge of criminal conspiracy she was sentenced to serve 48 months on probation to run concurrent to the prison sentence.William Francis McDonald, 41, Girardville, had his probation revoked by Judge John E. Domalakes but he was placed back on probation for 12 months but shall undergo mental health and drug and alcohol evaluations. He had entered guilty pleas to possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia and was placed on probation in May 2, 2009, for 23 months.David Michael Hendricks, 31, Minersville, had his probation revoked by President Judge William E. Baldwin and he was placed back on probation for 12 months. He had pleaded guilty last February to possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia and had been placed on probation for 12 months.Property transfersTodd L. Snyder, as trustee of the Stoneridge Legal Land Trust to Francine M. Huitchinson, Cape May Beach, N.J., a tract designated as property owned by Shawn Eric Gilbert and Laura M. Gilbert in Lake Hauto Community Development, Rush Township, $285,000.Wells Fargo Bank, N. A., to Sandra Balf, property at 507 N. Railroad St., Tamaqua, $12,750.Bank of America to David A. and Dayhanna Bechtel, property on the southwesterly side of Wampum Circle in Valley of Lakes Community Development in North Union Township, $172,000.Ronald R. and Bernice J. Steigerwalt, 184 Winter Mountain Road, Lehighton, to Theo J. and Natalie A. Aranki, 931 W. Tremont St., Whitehall, property on north side of East Center Street, Shenandoah, $1,500.Rita Pozza, Kline Township, to Bert Peltz, McAdoo, property on south side of North Street, east of First Street, Kelayres, Kline Township, $20,995.Matthew Malinowicz and Christine Malanowicz to Christine Malanowicz, property at 24 Clay St., New Philadelphia, $1.John J. Dallas to Keith L. Ulett, property on north side of Arlington Street, Tamaqua, $12,000.Donald E. Wenrich and Patricia Wenrich to Ronald L. Wenrich, all of Mahoning Township, Carbon County, tract containing 70 acres of farmland in Pine Grove Township, $1 (transfer is from parents to child).Richard D. and Bonnie M. Jones, Lehighton, to Eric E. and Sarah C. Jones, Allentown, a frame commercial structure at 520-522 Pine St., Tamaqua, $1 (transfer is from parents to son and daughter-in-law).Harriet E. Gustus, Lansford; Linda Pavlick, Lansdale; Lawrence Sassaman, Mechanicsburg; and Stephen Sassaman, Harrisburg; to Lisa Long, Quakake, Rush Township, property at 206 Biddle St., Tamaqua, $1 (full consideration $25,500).Doyna Ardeljan to Michael Ardeljan, property on Blaine Street, McAdoo, $1 (transaction is from mother to son).Martin Wane Petratos and Connie Greenawald, both of Lewisburg, to John F. Donahue, Roseland, N.J., tract containing 1.967 acres located on the south right-of-way of Legislative Route 53040 in Rush Township, $1 (full consideration $37,500).Thomas W. Burke to Colleen A. Killian, property in New Philadelpha, $1 (transfer is from father to daughter).Joseph J. and Violet Yanushefsky, Nesquehoning, to Ronald R. and Mary R. Luscavage, Shenandoah, property at 475 Texas Avenue, Shenandoah Heights, West Mahanoy Township, $1 (full consideration $110,000).Susquehanna Bank, Sunbury, to Apartments and Acquisitions, L.P., Allentown, property at 917-919 Centre Street, Ashland, $12,500.David Ansbach, as successor trustee of the Shirley B. Witner Trust, 86 Kellers Road, Tamaqua, to Olga Melnkova, 346 Mush Dahl Road, New Ringgold, tract containing 20,680 square feet on the south side of the township road leading from Tamaqua to Lewistown in Walker Township, $136,500.Helen Evanco, Kline Township, to Walter Andrew and Linda Marie Volciak, Kline Township, tract containing 12,500 square feet in Haddock Village, Kline Township, $3,000.Tax Claim Bureau to Glenn Keller, Lake Harmony, a property at 70 Sunny Drive, Schuylkill Township, sold as property of Michael V. Putalavage for $500; property at 30 North Sheridan Street, McAdoo, sold as the property of Joshua M. O'Grodnick and Mark A. O'Grodnick, for $305.32 and property on Wetheril Street, New Philadelphia, sold as the property of Joseph J. and Constance Devlin, for $315.