Schuylkill probation sentences
Schuylkill County Judge John J. Domalakes has sentenced 13 people charged by local police to probation.
Nicholas Juliano, 33, of Hometown will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana. He was charged on March 25, 2013, by Tamaqua police.Thomas Heiser, 25, of Halifax, Dauphin County, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and disorderly conduct. One count of disorderly conduct was dropped.James Gilson, 21, of Tamaqua, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees, plus a $100 fine and $1.89 in restitution to Fegley's Mini Mart. He was charged on Dec. 15, 2013, by Tamaqua police with defiant trespass and retail theft.Nathan Fritz, 27, of Tamaqua, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees.He was charged on June 23, 2014, by Tamaqua police with theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property. The last charge was dropped.Ryan E. Composto, 24, of Hazle Township, Luzerne County, will serve 23 months of probation, pay $498 in restitution to Walmart, and pay court costs and fees. He was charged on July 31, 2014, by Rush Township police with criminal conspiracy and retail theft.Kevin Cooney, 31, Shenandoah, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. He was charged on Aug. 11, 2013, by Rush Township police with retail theft and receiving stolen property. One count of receiving stolen property was dropped.Joseph Becker, 32, of Summit Hill, will serve 11 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. He will also pay $99.90 in restitution to St. Luke's Hospital. Becker was charged on Sept. 17, 2013, by Coaldale police with possession of a controlled substance. One count of possession was dropped.In another case, Becker also serve 12 months of probation on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia from June 10, 2014, in Rush Township.Jason Bankes, 21, of Mary D, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. He was charged on Feb. 2, 2012, by Rush Township police with resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia. One count of resisting arrest was dropped.Christopher Keer, 25, of Lansford, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. he was charged on Aug. 20, 2014, by Coaldale police with possession of drug paraphernalia.Kristopher Lane, 23, of Nescopeck, Luzerne County, will serve 23 months of probation and pay court costs and fees, and pay $1,280 in restitution to Walmart. he was charged on May 9, 2014, by Rush Township police with retail theft and receiving stolen property. One charge of receiving was dropped.Drew Labar, 26, of Tamaqua, will serve 23 months of probation and pay court costs and fees, and pay $2,553 in restitution to Robert Knepper, whom he also must avoid. He was charged on April 5, 2014, by Tamaqua police with simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. One charge of disorderly conduct was dropped.Autumn Williams, 25, of Mahanoy City, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. She was charged on March 19, 2014, by Rush Township police with retail theft and receiving stolen property. One charge of receiving was dropped.Ryan Verbitsky, 24, of Hazleton, will serve 12 months of probation and pay court costs and fees. He was charged on Feb. 3, 2014, by Tamaqua police with possession of drug paraphernalia.In other rulings, Domalakes ordered Jonathan Miller, 33, of Tamaqua, to pay a $100 fine and $150 restitution to Alicia and Franklin Kunkel. He was charged on April 19, 2014, by Rush Township police with theft and receiving stolen property. One count of each charge was dropped.President Judge William Baldwin dropped a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle against Dominic Chickilly, 23, of Pottsville. Chickilly had been charged by West Penn Township police on Dec. 19, 2014.