A Palmerton man was sentenced to additional state prison time on Monday in Carbon County court after pleading guilty to possessing materials used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Ryan Keith Dillman, 26, was sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to serve six to 24 months in a state correction institution on the charge.Dillman was arrested on Feb. 26, 2014, by state police at Lehighton after troopers responded to a welfare check request at 335 Forest Inn Road in Lower Towamensing Township. Troopers found a female under the influence of a controlled substance. She recently snorted meth.A consent search of the residence was conducted and various materials used in the manufacture of meth were found. Dillman admitted the items were his.Dillman is currently serving a state prison term of 14 to 36 months at Camp Hill, Dauphin County, imposed last November by Nanovic on other counts. Dillman admitted to a severe drug abuse problem.He told Nanovic that he has been approved for placement in a drug rehabilitation program in the state prison system.Public Defender Attorney Paul Levy told the court that although Dillman's minimum term runs out in April, he will not be released until he finishes the rehab problem, which runs about four months.Nanovic ruled his sentence would run concurrent with Dillman's present prison term. He was also ordered to get a D&A evaluation, supply a DNA sample and pay court costs of about $1,000.