A Luzerne County man was sentenced to a state prison term on Tuesday on a drug-dealing charge.

Kevin Lindemuth, 42, of Hazleton, was sentenced to serve one to two years in a state correctional institution by Judge Joseph J. Matika on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. He previously pleaded to the charge.

He also previously pleaded to a charge of criminal conspiracy - to commit criminal mischief, a felony 3, and was sentenced to serve nine to 24 months in a state prison. That term runs concurrent with the drug charge.

Lindemuth was arrested on the drug count on March 2, 2021, by Weatherly police. As part of a drug investigation police set up a drug buy from Lindemuth using a confidential informant who arranged the sale via a text messages with the defendant. In exchange for the plea, felony counts of criminal conspiracy to PWID and criminal use of a communication facility were dropped.

He was charged with the conspiracy count for an incident on Nov. 21, 2020, also filed by Weatherly police. On that date police made a vehicle stop of a Mazda near the sewerage plant. Four people were in the vehicle with three were taken into custody. The Mazda was seized and placed in the borough’s impound area.

Police said video surveillance of the impound area showed two men going to the Mazda and smashing a front window. They then forced open the trunk area and removed a backpack. Lindemuth was one of the men, police said. In exchange for the plea two other felony counts of criminal conspiracy were dropped along with five misdemeanor charges.

Lindemuth is currently an inmate in the county prison on the charges.

In addition to the prison terms Lindemuth was also ordered to render 100 hours of community service when paroled, get a drug and alcohol evaluation, supply a DNA sample and have no contact with the victim in the conspiracy case and pay court costs of over $1,000. He was given a total credit of 221 days spent in jail to date on the charges.

Lindemuth told Matika he planned to apply for the state drug program while in the state system to address an addiction problem. He said, “I’m sorry for everything I’ve done.”