Area residents entered guilty pleas to criminal charges at hearings held in Schuylkill County court and were sentenced by Judge Jacqueline Russell as follows:

Kerry L. Frank, 32, of 36 Ludlow St., Apt. 2, Summit Hill, seven counts of burglary, was sentenced to serve nine months to two years in a state correctional facility.On six counts of theft by unlawful taking of movable property from vacant homes in Hometown, Rush Township, he was ordered to serve an additional two years probation, pay $50 to Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, perform 280 hours of community service and make restitution of $10,833.59 to Robert William Trust, and $2,500 to Grouse Hunt and Kresge Farms Inc., owners of properties which were stripped of copper piping and wiring from their vacant homes. Frank was cited by Rush Township Sgt. Duane Frederick.Felipe Carl Maldonado, 21, of 672 Mountain Road, West Penn Township, driving under the influence of alcohol, placed in Intermediate Punishment Program for six months beginning Wednesday, Dec. 4, with the first 15 days under house arrest with electronic monitoring, and pay a $12 daily fee followed by four months and 45 days on probation, fined $1,000, pay $100 to Substance Abuse Education fund, $50 to MCARE fund, $460 to Schuylkill Medical Center, perform 20 hours community service, attend highway alcohol safety school, and driver's license suspended 12 months. On a charge of driving without a license was fined $200 plus $50 costs. Maldonado was cited by West Penn Township Officer Melissa M. Boyer, when stopped on West Penn Pike.Joanna Nunemacher, 107 S. Chestnut St., Summit Hill, formerly of Tamaqua, violation of the public welfare code, placed on probation 12 months and ordered to pay $50 to CJEA, perform 10 hours community service, and make restitution of $784 to the Schuylkill County Public Assistance Office. She was cited by the state Attorney General's office.John Phillip Wagner, 36, of 333 Spruce St., Tamaqua, possession of drug paraphernalia when stopped on Valley Road by Walker Township Officer Todd R. Woodward, placed on probation 12 months, pay $100 to SAE fund, $50 to CJEA and perform 100 hours of community service.Heidi Wagner, 19, of 6 E. Union St., Tamaqua, defiant trespass on Tamaqua Train Station Property, fined $25 plus costs.Joseph David Tenant, 32, of 267 Valley St., New Philadelphia, theft of credit card belonging to Keith Eckroth, Minersville, sentenced to serve six to 23 months in the county prison with credit for having served 148 days. On a charge of credit card fraud must serve an additional 12 months probation, pay $50 to CJEA, perform 40 hours community service, and must make restitution of $4, 096.79 to the victim. He was cited by Trooper Scott Grochowski.Matthew Gerald Desrochers, 41, Canton, Bradford County, burglary of the home of Lorene Waller, 1060 Spring Road, Andreas, West Penn Township, sentenced to serve three to six years in a state correctional facility with credit for serving 174 days in the county prison. He was cited by West Penn Chief Brian J. Johnson.Funeral director William Francis McDonald Jr., 44, who operated the family's funeral home in Girardville, a long standing institution in the community, was sentenced on a charge of failing to make required disposition of funds by converting an estate check to his own account to serve three to 23 months in the county prison but was immediately placed in the county's new prerelease program to serve a probation period and also perform 20 hours of community service.Each defendant must also pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.