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Two who broke into trailers sentenced to state prison

Two army deserters from Fort Drum, N.Y., pleaded guilty in Schuylkill County court to ransacking a number of trailers in the Red Ridge Lake Campground, located along Miller's Road in North Union Township, last November and receive a state prison sentence from Judge Charles M. Miller.

Jesse Ray Collmorgen, 20, Pottsville, formerly of Hemstead, Tex., and James Robert Michael McCabe, Jr., 19, last known address, Ringtown, each was sentenced to serve 24 to 60 months in a state correctional facility. Both pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, 27 counts of theft by unlawful taking personal property from the trailers, and 22 counts of criminal mischief. Collmorgen received credit for spending 183 days in the county prison.,Both were ordered to make restitution, jointly or individually, totaling $21,416.07 to the following victims:Peter Belonis, $1,180; Kenneth Frie, $50; Frank Guyette, $120; William Hill, $400; David Kunstek, $150; Matthew Livingood, $350; Dina Quinn, $589; Bertam Schaeffer, $245; Ted Schlosser, $100; Edwin Schmidt, $125; Thomas Schuck, $1,130; Richard Smith, $125; James Tanner, $400; Paul Wojcik, $325; Russell Berresford, $75; Penny Derr, $500; Robert Giba, $2,102.43; Thomas Hill, $2,025; Gregory Jensolowsky,$3,100; Richard Kenton, $839.64; Michael Kufro, $275; Kevin McCloy, $600; James Mikulski, $420; Donald Miller, $300; Ryan Minnick, $300; Eugene Parker, $900; Shelia Phillips, $670; Jennifer Reese, $600; Robert Ricko, $450; Joseph Schweitzer, $1,544.73; David Teter, $370; Charles Welsch, $483.99; Elaine Wilson, $300; Joanne Wychock, $600; Raymond Cournoyer, $575; Michael Hill, $225 and David Petrikonis, $1,170.One of the trailers was owned by McCabe's mother, Marie Olexa. They gained entrance into that trailer and remained at the site four days during that time damaging and gaining entrance into 49 other camper units. Many of the trailers suffered damages to windows and doors which brought in the state police to investigate. They fund Collmorgen sleeping in a camper and took him into custody and later arrested McCabe, who had been seen walking around the area of the camp site.Judge Miller had no sympathy for the culprits and gave them a tongue lashing. "The effects of your crimes will linger a long time after you leave prison. I analogize burglaries to an animal defecating in the house, the stink never leaves."