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Lehigh County man admits to drug dealing

A Lehigh County man admitted to drug dealing in Carbon County.

He was one of two defendants in pending drug cases to enter a guilty plea on Monday before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.Sells to confidential informantJonathan Matthew Schick, 26, of Slatington, pleaded to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-cocaine.He was arrested by agents of the state Attorney General's office after he sold an estimated 50 grams of cocaine to a confidential informant. The sale was made on Aug. 13, 2013, in the area of 630 Franklin Ave., in Palmerton.At the time of the arrest Schick had a backpack that contained not only cocaine and other drugs, but also drug paraphernalia.In a plea bargain other drug counts were dropped and the amount of cocaine sold was reduced to 2.5 grams.Nanovic deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.Schick is currently an inmate in the Lehigh County prison on unrelated charges.Lehighton incidentSteven James Warhurst, 61, of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.Warhurst was arrested on Aug. 29, 2014, at Third and Iron streets in Lehighton by state police at Lehighton.According to the arrest report troopers were on patrol when they were stopped by another individual and told them a man was at Third and Ironsstreet selling drugs. Troopers went to that location and found Warhurst. A search of his person led to the discovery of 12 baggies of heroin.A few months before the arrest Warhurst was placed in a 36-month probation program in Columbia County in a drug case.Nanovic rejected a recommended probation sentence noting Warhurst's prior drug arrests, the fact he had been placed in a drug program just months before his arrest in Carbon, and the fact he told the court he had been drug free for 10 months, but found with 12 baggies of heroin.Nanovic sentenced him to serve six to 12 months in the county prison and ordered he get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, pay court costs of about $1,000, and pay a $50 per month supervision fee when released on parole.He will begin the jail term at 4 p.m. on March 2.