James Clark Smiley, 43, of Palmerton, and Michelle Marie Kobal, 45, of Bowmanstown, both entered pleas to one count each of flight to avoid apprehension, stemming from the same incident.

On Oct. 23, 2014, Palmerton police went to 769 W. Edgemont Ave. for a reported assault. On scene the officers found Smiley and Kobal. Both, police knew, had active warrants for their arrests.Both suspects fled on foot into nearby woods. Smiley stopped running and was arrested. Kobal was not immediately found but was arrested some time later.Smiley has been in prison since the day of the incident and is currently serving a probation violation sentence.Judge Steven R. Serfass sentenced him to serve three to one day less 12 months in the county prison, concurrent with his probation sentence, followed by one year of probation. He was also ordered to get a D&A evaluation, have no contact with Kobal, and render 100 hours of community service when released on parole.Kobal is currently serving a six-month prison term for a probation violation.Serfass placed her on probation for 24 months, concurrent with her probation sentence, and ordered her to get a D&A evaluation, render 100 hours of community service when paroled, and have no contact with Smiley, which has a zero-tolerance provision attached to the condition.John Michael Duffy, 60, of Hazleton, and formerly of Jim Thorpe, pleaded guilty to two motor vehicle summary offenses altered registration plate and no inspection sticker.He was stopped by Jim Thorpe police on the Route 903 bridge on July 3, 2014.Serfass imposed total fines of $125 plus costs.Lori Beth Bobarsky, 48, of Jim Thorpe, pleaded to one count of prostitution.She was arrested by Lehighton police after they received a complaint from a male who said he paid Bobarsky $40 for oral sex on Aug. 17, 2014.Bobarsky is currently in the state correction institution at Muncy, Lycoming County, serving a drug sentence imposed in Schuylkill County.Serfass placed her on probation for 12 months current with her state sentence.Richard Knajib Johns, 36, of Philadelphia, pleaded to one count of criminal conspiracy-forgery.He was arrested by Lehighton police on July 30, 2012, at the Rite Aid pharmacy along North First Street, where he presented a forged prescription for oxycodone. There is a co-defendant in the case.Johns is currently serving a state prison term imposed in Montgomery County on drug charges.Serfass deferred sentencing.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.