Schuylkill County judges recently meted out punishments to 11 people charged by local police or who live in the Times News coverage area.

Prison sentences:

Salvatore Lopiccolo, 46, of Nesquehoning, was charge by Jonestown State Trooper Vincent J. Fye with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, impaired ability, first offense; DUI of a controlled substance, schedule 1 drug, first offense; and careless driving on Jan. 2.

Judge James P. Goodman accepted Lopiccolo’s guilty plea to the DUI of a schedule 1 drug, and sentenced him to serve 72 hours to six months in the county prison; pay a $1,000 fine; pay $400 in restitution to Lehigh Valley Health Network-East; pay a total of $175 in fees; complete a three to six month outpatient substance abuse treatment program; obtain a mental health evaluation and comply with any recommended treatment; successfully complete Alcohol Highway Safety School; surrender his license for 12 months; and perform 10 hours of community service.

The remaining charges were dropped.

Alexander Ian Cann, 31, and homeless, was charged by McAdoo police Anthony S. Divirgilio with criminal trespass and retail theft on July 3, 2022.

He was found guilty by a nonjury trial, and President Judge Jacqueline Russell sentenced him on the trespass charge to serve three to 12 months in state prison followed by one year on probation; pay court costs; submit a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee; pay a total of $100 in other fees; obtain drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and abide by any recommended treatments; and not enter Fegley’s Mini Mart. Judge Russell fined Cann $25 on the retail theft charge.

Joseph M. Porvaznik II, 61, of Nesquehoning, was charged by the state office of the Attorney General with two counts of manufacture, delivery, or intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance on May 16, 2022.

He admitted to one count of delivery, and Judge Christopher Hobbs sentenced him to 21 months to 48 months in state prison, with credit for time served from March 28, 2023 to Aug. 17, 2023; pay court costs; pay $113 in restitution to the Bethlehem Crime Lab; pay a total of $200 in fees; submit a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee. The prison sentence is to be served at the same time as a sentence in another case.

The remaining charges were dropped.

Terrence Love, 59, of Tamaqua, was charged by borough Police Officer Douglas L. Springer Jr. with simple assault and harassment on May 23.

He admitted to the assault charge, and Judge Hobbs sentenced him to served time served to 23 months in the county jail, with time served from May 23 to Aug. 17; pay court costs; pay a total of $100 in fees; submit a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee; apply for parole; obtain a mental health evaluation and comply with any recommended treatments; and undergo anger management class.

The harassment charge was dropped

Bonnie Marie Bruno, 45, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, was charged by Rush Township Police Officer Darryl L. Hatter with retail theft and receiving stolen property on Dec. 23, 2019.

She admitted to the retail theft charge, and Judge Hobbs sentenced her to pay court costs; pay $81.66 in restitution to Walmart; pay a total of $200 in fees; submit a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee; and to serve up to 12 months in the county jail, with credit for time served from July 24 to July 25.

She was granted immediate parole, and the receiving charge was dropped.

ARD admissions

Bryce Andrew Weil, 22, of Tamaqua, was charged by Frackville State Trooper Andrew L. Moyer with retail theft on April 11.

Judge Hobbs accepted him into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for 18 months.

Acceptance into ARD is not an admission of guilt, and defendants may have their records expunged if they successfully complete it. The program is for first-time, nonviolent offenders.

Hobbs ordered Weil to pay $350 to offset the cost of the program; pay $253.34 in restitution to Walmart; perform 10 hours of community service; and pay a $50 fee.

Jorge Morales-Garcia, 28, of Lansford, was charged by Rush Township Police Officer Richard A. Weaver with theft of leased property on Dec. 12, 2022.

Judge Hobbs accepted him into ARD for 18 months and ordered him to pay $350 to offset the cost of the program; pay $662.48 in restitution to Rent-A-Center; perform 10 hours of community service; and pay a $50 fee.

Probation

Thomas A. Gaul Jr., 58, of Tamaqua, was charged by borough Police Officer Douglas L. Springer Jr. with resisting arrest on May 29.

Judge Hobbs accepted his guilty plea and sentenced Gaul to 12 months on probation, to pay court costs, and to pay a total of $100 in fees.

Robert Fredericks, 18, of Tamaqua, was charged by borough Police Officer Christopher J. Cordes with riot, terroristic threats, disorderly conduct, simple assault and harassment on March 9. He admitted to the harassment charge and Judge Hobbs sentenced him to pay a $100 fine and to pay court costs.

The remaining charges were dropped.

Josef Deitz, 38, of Coaldale, was charged by Pottsville Police Officer Renee R. Truscott with criminal mischief on Feb. 28, 2022.

Judge Hobbs revoked Deitz’ parole and recommitted him to the county prison. His 62 days of liberty are disallowed and added to his current maximum date of Feb. 16, 2024, creating a new maximum date of April 18, 2024.

Deitz can apply for parole after Oct. 18.

Debra Lee Nuttall, 58, of Tamaqua, was charged by borough Police Officer Matthew O. Jungbaer with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and soliciting a ride on Sept. 1, 2022.

Judge Charles M. Miller dissolved the bench warrant that had been issued for her, and ordered her to stay at her current address and not move without written notice to her attorney, the Clerk of Courts Office, and the District Attorney’s Office; not consume drugs or alcohol; stay out of bars; apply for a public defender; be fingerprinted; not drive without a license; refrain from criminal activity; pay a $50 bench warrant fee; appear for a hearing at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 30.

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