A Carbon County woman, convicted by a jury of a drug dealing charge, was sentenced to a state prison term on Monday in the county court.

Kathleen Maureen Roth, 53, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced to serve 18 to 48 months in a state correctional institution by Judge Steven R. Serfass.A jury found Roth guilty of two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance following a two-day trial.Jim Thorpe police charged her for an incident on May 13, 2015. Police set up a controlled buy of heroin from Roth using a confidential informant that occurred near Roth's home.She said that the person who brought the heroin to her home for the sale actually gave the heroin to the CI and took the $80 for it.Defense counsel Adam Weaver asked the court to consider that Roth was a drug user, not a dealer, and made the sale for her neighbor in the hopes of getting drugs to feed her habit.At the beginning of the proceeding, Weaver said his client requested a continuance of the sentencing because of an ongoing shoulder problem she wanted to take care of.However, Assistant District Attorney Seth Miller objected to the continuance. He told the court the Roth's shoulder problem was first reported in December 2016 and she has done little or nothing about it since then. He added she presented no medical documentation concerning her shoulder. He also noted she was convicted of two felony offenses and asked the court to sentence her to the high end of state sentencing guidelines, which is 21 months minimum.Miller also said that Roth failed to take responsibility for her actions and "has shown no remorse for what occurred."Serfass noted that Roth has had prior convictions for drug dealing and drug counts.The prison term was imposed on the two possession with intent charges, terms running concurrently, and the possession charge merging with the other charges. Roth previously pleaded to a possession of drug paraphernalia charge and was placed on probation for a year on that count, consecutive to the other sentence.Serfass also ordered she get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, supply a DNA sample and pay court costs of about $1,000.She was given credit for 27 days spent in jail on the charges.She began the jail term immediately.