A Lehighton woman recently entered guilty pleas in five pending criminal cases, including four counts of driving under the influence.

She was one of 10 defendants in pending DUI-related cases to plea before Judge Steven R. Serfass.

PSP stops

Breonna Leiby, 20, was stopped four times for DUI by state police at Lehighton. The stops occurred on Jan. 12 and 16, and March 8 and 12. She also pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. In that case troopers stopped a vehicle on March 17 and she was a passenger in the vehicle.

Serfass told Leiby, under state sentencing guidelines, she faces a prison term of somewhere between 18 and 84 months plus fines and license suspensions.

Serfass deferred sentencing so Leiby can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation and also apply for placement in the house arrest program.

Other pleas

Other defendants pleading to DUI counts were:

George Edward Roberts, 32, of Jim Thorpe, arrested on Sept. 24 by state police at Lehighton for DUI and also firearms not to be carried without a license. That charge, a felony 3, was dropped in a plea bargain with the district attorney’s office.

At a vehicle stop he refused a test.

Sentencing was deferred so he can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Anthony Seo, of Palmerton, was arrested on March 24 by state police at Lehighton.

He was sentenced to serve five days to six months in jail, pay a fine of $500, license suspended for a year and render 25 hours of community service.

He will begin the jail term at 5 p.m. on Jan. 7 and serve it on consecutive two-day weekends.

Brian Paul Hentzel, 54, of Whitehall, was arrested on July 27 by Palmerton police. A test revealed a 0.16 BAC.

A first offense, he was placed on probation for six months and ordered to pay a fine of $300.

Jason Fisher, 49, of Weissport, was arrested on May 29 by state police at Lehighton at a DUI checkpoint for DUI of a controlled substance.

He was sentenced to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, pay a fine of $1,000, one-year license suspension and render 25 hours of community service.

He will begin the jail term at 9 a.m. on Dec. 20.

Keith S. McFarland, 42, of Slatington, was arrested on Aug. 7 by state police at Lehighton following a crash near Bowmanstown. A test revealed a 0.12 BAC.

Sentencing was deferred so he can apply for the house arrest program.

Gene A. Hayes, 34, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested on Feb. 12 by state police at Lehighton at Bowmanstown, for DUI of a controlled substance.

Sentencing was deferred so he can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Danny Horn, 47, of Nesquehoning, entered pleas in two pending cases to two counts of DUI of a controlled substance. He was arrested on Jan. 19 by state police at Lehighton at Bowmanstown and on Feb. 12 by troopers in Lehighton. He refused a test in the second stop.

Sentencing was deferred so he can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation and apply for the house arrest program.

Vertis Lamott Terry Jr., 28, of New Castle, Delaware, was arrested on July 23 by state police at Pocono along the turnpike following a stop for speeding. A test revealed a 0.13 BAC.

He was sentenced to serve five days to six months in prison, pay a fine of $500, license suspended for a year and render 25 hours of community service.

He began the jail term immediately.

Shane Dreher, 40, of Nesquehoning, was arrested on May 31 by state police at Lehighton for DUI of a controlled substance.

He was sentenced to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, pay a fine of $1,000, license suspended for a year and render 25 hours of community service. He is currently an inmate in the county prison.

Sentenced

Kimbar De La Rosa Reyes, 26, of Beaver Meadows, was placed on probation for six months and ordered to pay a fine of $300.

He was arrested on Oct. 26, 2020, by state police at Hazleton.