A Carbon County man admitted assaulting his girlfriend on at least three occasions in Carbon County court on Thursday.

He was one of five defendants in assault-related cases to enter a plea before Judge Joseph J. Matika.Lansford incidentsLeslie Leonard Shull III, 43, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to two counts of simple assault and one of harassment. In the harassment case an assault charge was dropped in a plea bargain.Shull admitted assaulting his then girlfriendat her residence along West Patterson Street in Lansford. The incidents occurred on Nov. 23, 2015; Feb. 13, 2016; and April 1. In each case Shull said alcohol was involved and admitted to a problem with alcohol.The victim suffered injuries in at least two of the incidents. Since the last incident she has obtained a protection order against Shull.Shull told the court he has been getting counseling for his alcohol problem.Matika placed Shull on probation for 18 months on the two assault charges with the terms running concurrently. On the harassment charge he was fined $150 and costs.Shull was also ordered to render 75 hours of community service, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendations for treatment and have no contact with the victim.Weatherly incidentJacob Vincent Goralewski, 21, of Weatherly, pleaded in two pending cases to two counts of simple assault, and one count each of harassment and resisting arrest.He was arrested on the assault counts on Dec. 24, 2016, by Nesquehoning police for an incident at the county prison. He became unruly at the jail and caused a disturbance, assaulting to corrections officers in the process.The harassment and resisting charges stem from an incident on Dec. 22, 2016, at the home of his mother along Hudsondale Street in Weatherly. Police were called to the residence for a report of an out-of-control man. When officers arrived they had to use substantial force to take Goralewski into custody.It was noted that Goralewski has a history of mental health issues. He is currently on medication, which is helping him control his actions, public defender Jennifer Lynn Rapa told the court.On the two assault counts Matika sentenced him to serve 30 days to 18 months in prison, with the terms running concurrently. He was given credit for 75 days already served and paroled him. On the resisting arrest count he was placed on probation for a year concurrent with the assault counts and fined $100 on the harassment charge.He was also ordered to get a mental health evaluation and render 75 hours of community service.Mahoning assaultShane Roger Rex, 28, of Lansford, pleaded to one count of aggravated assault. He was charged by Mahoning Township police for an incident on March 29 at aPine Hollow Drive residence where he entered the home and proceeded to assaultthe victim by kicking him about the head and body.Rex was told by Matika that under state sentencing guidelines, he faces a minimum state prison term of between 60 and 72 months. If a deadly weapon enhancement is invoked by the court, he then faces a minimum term of between 69 to 82 months.Sentencing was deferred and the adult probation office was ordered to prepare a presentence investigation report.Other pleasJared Michael McGuire, 22, of Jim Thorpe, pleaded to one count of harassment, as a summary offense, with a charge of simple assault dropped in a plea bargain. He was charged by Nesquehoning police for an incident on Sept. 26, 2015, at a residence along Willow Lane and a female victim. He was previously placed in the county's Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition probation program but was revoked from it for violating conditions.He was fined $150 and costs.Luis Reinaldo Aviles-Muniz, 22, of Hazleton, pleaded to one count of aggravated harassment by a prisoner. He was charged by Nesquehoning police for an incident on Nov. 8, 2016, at the county prison where he spit on three corrections officers.Facing a state prison term, sentencing was deferred so Aviles-Muniz can apply for placement in the state's Intermediate Punishment program. He will be transferred to a state prison to be evaluated for the program. If he is not approved for it, he will be brought back to Carbon for sentencing. If approved, his formal sentencing will be done by video from the state prison, where he will serve in the program.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.