A Carbon County man was sentenced to a jail term on Monday after pleading guilty to a drug charge in Carbon County court before Judge Steven R. Serfass.

Ralph Laughlin, 64, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested by state police at Lehighton on Jan. 5, 2020, when he was found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle along Route 209 in Towamensing Township.

Serfass sentenced him to serve three to six months in jail, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment and render 25 hours of community serve.

Laughlin entered his plea via video conference from the Monroe County prison, where he is being held on pending burglary and related counts. He will begin the jail term at 9 a.m. on Feb. 8.

Other cases

Mark Steven Holland, 54, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced on two charges: DUI and driving under suspension, DUI related. He previously pleaded guilty to the charges.

On the DUI count he was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail with credit for 22 spent in an inpatient rehabilitation program with the remaining eight days in the Restriction Probation program (house arrest) with electronic monitoring. He must pay a fine of $1,000, license suspended for a year and render 25 hours of community service.

On the suspension count he was placed in the RP program for 90 days with monitoring, and fined $1,000.

He was arrested on Jan. 21, 2017, by state police at Lehighton along Route 903 in Penn Forest Township. A test revealed a 0.17 BAC. He will begin the monitoring program on Feb. 18.

Cameron G. Dickson, 23, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced on a DUI charge to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, a fine of $1,000, one-year license suspension and render 25 hours of community service. He was given credit for three days already served and paroled.

He was arrested by state police at Fern Ridge on Dec. 14, 2017. There were 12 continuances filed in the case.

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