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Coaldale woman sentenced to house arrest for drug charges

Schuylkill County Judge James P. Goodman has sentenced a Coaldale woman to spend two to 23 months on house arrest with electronic monitoring for drug law violations.

Karen L. Rimsky, 33, will begin her sentence on Monday.

She was charged by Tamaqua police on June 10, 2015, with two counts of manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance; criminal use of communication facility; intent to possess a controlled substance, and on June 11, 2015, with manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance, and intent to possess.

Rimsky on Sept. 13 pleaded guilty to the charges.

She was also ordered to pay a total of $3,179 in court costs and fees.