A Palmerton man was sentenced to a state prison term on Monday after previously pleading guilty to drug, trespassing and drunken driving charges.

Judge Joseph J. Matika sentenced Carl Lloyd Miller Jr., 32, to serve a total of 28 to 56 months in a state correctional institution on charges of possession of a controlled substance by an inmate, criminal trespass, driving under the influence and driving under suspension-DUI related.Matika, in imposing the term, said the state system offers the best chance for Miller to address a serious drug addiction problem.Moyer had applied for placement in the state’s Intermediate Punishment Program. He was sent to a state prison to be evaluated, but he was rejected for the program and returned to Carbon for sentencing.Miller said, “I did fail, and failed my family.”Defense attorney Paul Levy, of the public defender’s office, said his client did not have the best family life.Matika added, “You may have been dealt bad cards in your life, but what you do from now is what counts.”Miller was arrested on the trespass charge on Nov. 7, 2015, by Palmerton police. He entered Spillane’s Fit, at 260 Delaware Ave., and stole a hair dryer. The DUI and suspension counts stem from a June 4, 2016, arrest by state police at Lehighton along Bridge Street in Weissport. A test showed the presence of a controlled substance. In that case he was originally charged with 41 counts, including 33 summary offenses.The possession count also stems from the DUI arrest. He was taken to the county prison after being arraigned on the DUI charge, and while being processed, prison officials found heroin on him.In addition to the jail term, Matika ordered Miller to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, when released from custody to render 100 hours of community service, supply a DNA sample and pay court costs of about $1,000.On the DUI count he was fined $1,500 and his license was suspended for 18 months. On the driving under suspension, he was fined $1,000 and will receive another year suspension.He was sentenced to serve 28 to 56 months on the drug count, one to two years on the DUI charge, 45 to 90 days on the suspension charge and six to 24 months on the trespass charge, with the terms all running concurrently.He was given credit for344 days already spent in prison on the charges.