A Palmerton woman entered guilty pleas on Tuesday in Carbon County court in six pending criminal cases.

Rebecca Walck, 22, pleaded to two counts each of theft and access device fraud, and one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and false reports to law enforcement. President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II accepted the pleas.

Walck entered her pleas via video conference from the county prison where she is an inmate.

She was arrested on Sept. 19, 2018, by Lehighton police for stealing jewelry from a couple along South First Street. She later pawned the jewelry. She was then arrested on March 12, 2019, by Mahoning Township police at the Walmart store where she gave a false ID.

Another arrest occurred on March 12, 2020, by Lehighton police for possession of fentanyl. She was arrested on Feb. 1, 2019, by Lehighton police for using the debit card of a relative without permission. Another arrest occurred on April 4, 2019, by Lehighton police who found her with drug paraphernalia at a residence along East Bridge Street.

Court-appointed attorney Brian Collins said Walck was young but her contacts with law enforcement can be blamed on a drug addiction problem. He said, “She got in with the wrong people.”

Collins asked for a probationary sentence on all counts, because Walck faces another criminal case which includes “very serious charges.”

Court records shows Walck is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child for an incident on Feb. 11, 2020. She is one of four people charged with the fentanyl death of 3-year-old James Duch. Charged is the child’s father, Gage Joshua Duch, 27; along with Anthony Hannibal Pudvah, 30, of Nesquehoning; Britney Grace Burke, 31, of Lehighton; and Walck.

Walck told Nanovic, “I made a lot of mistakes. I want to get back with my daughter.”

Nanovic sentenced her to serve one to one day less 24 months in prison followed by one year of probation. She was given credit for 20 days on the sentence. She was also ordered to supply a DNA sample, zero tolerance imposed on drug or alcohol use, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation.