Man sentenced for DUI, other cases
A Lansford man was sentenced on Thursday in Carbon County court to house arrest in three cases in which he previously pleaded guilty.
Brian Allen Brossman, 38, was placed in the Intermediate Punishment Program for six months by Judge Joseph J. Matika on a driving under the influence charge. On a count of harassment by communications and false reports, he was placed on probation for a year on each count, concurrent to each other but consecutive to the DUI charge.The DUI occurred on March 24, 2014, along Broad Street in Beaver Meadows. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.The harassment occurred on Aug. 13, 2014, at the Turkey Hill Market along Patterson Street in Lansford. Borough police said he harassed a juvenile female patron of the store by making lewd remarks of a sexual nature to her.In the false reports case he was arrested on Dec. 3, 2013, by Lansford police for an incident in the area of 339 E. Bertsch St., where police were called for a hit-and-run incident. Brossman gave police false information at the scene.Although the DUI count called for a mandatory minimum of 72 hours in jail, Brossman asked for the IPP placement instead.The IPP order has Brossman wearing a monitor for the first 13 days of the six months. He must also pay a fine of $1,000, license suspended for a year, render a total of 75 hours of community service, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and follow all recommendations for treatment, zero tolerance imposed on drug and alcohol use, and on the harassment case Brossman can have no contact with the victim. He must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee. He was previously placed in the county's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition probation program but was revoked from it.