A Carbon County man with mental health issues was given a time-served sentence (124 days) to 23 months in prison on Friday after previously pleading guilty to simple assault.

Daniel Joseph O'Donnell, 44, formerly of Nesquehoning and now listing a Jim Thorpe address, appeared before Carbon President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II, admitting to a mental health issues and stating he is now taking is medication and has been no problem at the county prison.Court-appointed defense counsel attorney Adam R. Weaver told Nanovic that O'Donnell has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He said, "When he takes his medication he is no problem."O'Donnell was arrested on Sept. 18, 2016, when Lehighton police were called to Claypool's store along North First Street for a disturbance.Officers learned that O'Donnell entered the store and threatened the owner, Glenn Claypool, with a stick, threatening to "break his legs and kill him."O'Donnell said he was at the store to get the rent money back that he had paid for an apartment he rented from Claypool. O'Donnell claimed that the day he moved into the apartment the building was condemned and he was forced to leave.O'Donnell also described the stick used in the incident as his "walking stick" as he was forced to live in the woods for a period of time. He also told Nanovic, "I was off my meds."O'Donnell told Nanovic, "I'm sorry I took the law into my own hands."Claypool was present at the proceeding and told Nanovic that when O'Donnell made the threats, "he was not himself."He said he knew he was not taking his medications. He said when he takes his medication he "is a normal as anyone."Nanovic also ordered O'Donnell to follow all recommendations of his mental health evaluation, get a drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, pay court costs of about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee and have no contact with Claypool.Nanovic also said O'Donnell must submit a preparole plan in which the adult probation office will investigate where he will be staying before he can be released on parole.