A Nesquehoning man was sentenced on Thursday afternoon in Carbon County court on five criminal counts, including three driving under the influence charges to which he previously entered guilty pleas.

Brian Kane, 48, was sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to serve a total of one to seven years in prison on the charges and ordered to pay fines totaling $5,000 and total license suspensions of 36 months. He was also sentenced on two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count each of possession of a controlled substance and hindering apprehension.

He was arrested on the DUI cases on May 5, 7 and 29, 2019, all by Lansford police. The first paraphernalia count occurred on April 17, 2019, by Lansford police and the other two drug counts at the May 29 stop. The hindering charge occurred on June 21, 2019, filed by Lansford police when officers were attempting to serve a warrant on another person and Kane interfered with the service of the warrant.

Since his arrests, Kane said he has addressed a drug addiction problem, entering an inpatient drug and rehabilitation program run by the Salvation Army. He is continuing counseling.

Concerning his drug use at a later stage of his life, Kane said, “It turned my life into a mess.” He claimed he got involved with the “wrong people” in getting addicted to methamphetamine. He said after his arrest his true friends came forward to offer help while the ones who led him into drug use disappeared from his life.

He said he has been drug free for over a year.

Nanovic gave him credit for a total of 306 days, which includes time spent in the Salvation Army program and prison. He also ordered he spend six months in the new restricted probation program, which replaces the Intermediate Punishment Program, house arrest. He will be on a monitor for 59 days of the six months. He was placed on probation for a year on the non-DUI counts, running concurrently to each other but consecutive to the DUI counts. He must also pay court costs of about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation and supply a DNA sample.