A Kunkletown man, who was involved in an incident at the Blue Mountain Health System's Lehighton campus, with his father, entered a guilty plea on Thursday afternoon in the county court to one count of terroristic threats.

Kevin D. Engler, 38, entered the plea before Judge Joseph J. Matika. Engler's court-appointed attorney, Jennifer Lynn Rapa, said her client didn't necessarily want to plea nor did he want to go on trial Monday on the charges.Engler and his father, Daniel R. Engler, 71, also of Kunkletown, were arrested on May 30 after borough police were called to the hospital for a report of two people who refused to leave the facility.On scene officer Robert DeFuso learned that the two were there to visit Engler's brother, who was in the Behavior Health Unit.DeFuso said after they were told to leave by staff at 2:14 p.m., as visiting hours were over at 2 p.m., the pair then became upset, and started smashing cameras.They entered the secured portion of the facility, at which point they were escorted out of the hospital, DeFuso said.DeFuso said that as both men were leaving they threatened to harm staff and "blow up the facility."No one was injured, DeFuso said.Daniel Engler was charged with trespassing, terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief.Kevin Engler was charged with trespassing, terroristic threats, disorderly conduct, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. All the counts but the threats charge were dropped in a plea bargain.Engler said he became upset because he felt that his brother was not receiving the proper care.He told the court, "I was going to voice my opinion to them and the treatment he received."He then added, "I'm sorry I distressed anyone."Matika told Engler if he had a problem with the care his brother was receiving there were civil avenues to follow, not the way he decided to handle the situation.Matika sentenced him to time-served (14 days) to one year in jail and ordered he render 50 hours of community service, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, attend and complete anger management counseling, pay court costs of about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole, have no contact with any staff members of the hospital involved in the incident, and not go to the hospital unless it is a life-threatening emergency type situation.Daniel Engler is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to one count of criminal trespass on Dec. 21.