Two who stole from employees at restaurant are sentenced
Two people who stole from employees at a Lehighton restaurant were sentenced on Tuesday in the Carbon County court - one to a county prison term and the other to probation.
Randy Lee Edgar, 34, and Megan Marie Labyack, 26, both of Lehighton, were sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II with Edgar getting jail time and Labyack probation.The two previously admitted their part in taking two purses belonging to employees at the Subway Restaurant, located at 22 Blakeslee Blvd. on Dec. 16, 2015. Labyack was an employee at the restaurant at the time.Edgar, who has a prior criminal record and is currently in the county prison facing parole/probation violations, was sentenced to serve two to 18 months in prison. Labyack, who has no prior criminal record, was placed on one year probation. Edgar previously pleaded to one count of receiving stolen property and Labyack to one count of criminal conspiracy-receiving stolen property.Police said Labyack drove Edgar, who is her boyfriend, to the restaurant and waited in the vehicle while he entered a back door and took two purses that belonged to employees who were working at the front of the building. Borough police responded to the scene and found Labyack in her vehicle. The purses were later found. Both admitted to their part in the theft to police.Labyack told Nanovic, "I take responsibility for my actions. I'm sorry to the parties involved."She told Nanovic she was the person who planned the incident. She also told him that she and Edgar are still together and are expecting a child in December.Edgar told the court, "Sorry for what I did. I was going through a rough time."Both told the court at the time of the incident they were homeless living in her car for the past six months before the thefts and arrest.Edgar was given credit for 106 days already spent in jail on the charges. Labyack was ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment. Both were ordered to have no contact with the victims, stay out of the restaurant, pay court costs of $1,000 each and each pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole/probation.