A Carbon County man pleaded guilty in the county court on Thursday of taking an inappropriate photograph of a young girl.

He was one of six defendants in pending cases to enter a guilty plea before Judge Steven R. Serfass.

Lehighton incident

Dallas H. Krotzer,

37, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of photography/film/depicting of computer sex act knowingly or permitting child sex act, a felony 2.

Lehighton police received information from the family of a 12-year-old girl who saw a photograph of herself on a phone showing her genitalia area. The photo, the police investigation revealed, was taken at Krotzer’s home.

He admitted taking the picture of the girl with his phone while the girl was sleeping. He was arrested on Sept. 28, 2019.

Serfass deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. He also ordered Krotzer to submit to an evaluation by the state sexual offenders assessment board.

Other pleas

Travis M. Brideson,

31, of Lansford, pleaded in two pending cases to one count each of resisting arrest and operating a vehicle an expired inspection sticker.

He was arrested on the first count on Nov. 25, 2019, by Lansford police who responded to a domestic dispute involving Brideson. He struggled with police when they attempted to take him into custody. The vehicle code violation occurred on June 2, 2019, following a traffic stop by Lansford police.

On the resisting charge he was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to render 75 hours of community service. On the inspection charge he was fined $25.

Hailie Renee McGowan,

26, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of criminal attempt, to furnish drug free urine sample. She was arrested by Nesquehoning police at the county prison after attempted to substitute a “clean” urine sample belonging to another person for a required test.

Serfass placed her on probation for a year and ordered her to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and render 50 hours of community service.

Andrew Mitchell,

32, of Albrightsville, pleaded to one count of false reports to law enforcement.

State police at Fern Ridge charged Mitchell on Feb. 9 after he reported to them that he had been pulled over by a person impersonating a state police trooper and was held for over two and a half hours.

The investigation revealed that the incident never occurred. Mitchell said he made up the story because of a dispute he was having with his girlfriend at the time.

Serfass placed him on probation for six months and ordered he render 25 hours of community service.

Travis E. Favors,

55, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to one count of persistent disorderly conduct. In a plea deal a charge of false alarm to government agency was dropped.

He was arrested on March 8 by Nesquehoning police. He reported to police his girlfriend had been killed in an accident, which was not true.

No reason was given for why he made such a claim. He was placed on probation for a year and ordered to render 50 hours of community service.

Brian Moscoso,

20, of Coaldale, pleaded to two summary motor vehicle code violations - driving while operating privileges are suspended or revoked and using multiple beams (low/high). In exchange for the plea the DA’s office dropped two drug counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was arrested on Jan. 19 by Nesquehoning police during a traffic stop.

He was ordered to pay fines totaling $225.

Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee if on probation or parole.