Two more defendants charged in connection with the operation of a mobile methamphetamine lab which caused an explosion and fire in Lansford, entered guilty pleas in Carbon County court on Tuesday. With those pleas four of the five charged in the incident have now pleaded guilty.

Kyle M. Frantz, 20, of Tamaqua, and formerly of Lansford, and Scott R. Frantz, 46, of Scranton, entered pleas before Judge Joseph J. Matika.Kyle Frantz entered pleas in three pending cases, two of which were the result of the May 18, 2013, incident at 117 E. Patterson St. Frantz pleaded to one count each of recklessly endangering another person, risking a catastrophe, tampering with evidence, and possession of liquified ammonia gas for the purpose of making methamphetamine.Scott Frantz pleaded to one count each of recklessly endangering another person and possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine.Also charged in connection with the incident were Tyle Matthew Strawdinger, 21, of Stroudsburg; Kendra Crostley, 20, of Lansford; and Jacqueline Slaven, 38, of Tamaqua, and formerly of Lansford.Strawdinger pleaded guilty to his part and was sentenced on June 12 by Matika to serve 18 to 36 months in a state prison. Crostley also pleaded in the case on Jan. 24, and was sentenced by Matika to time served (65 days) to one year in jail.When police and firemen arrived on scene, Kyle Frantz was found in an upstairs bathroom flushing some of the materials being used to make the meth down the toilet. Scott Frantz was found outside the home in possession of meth.The possession count with Kyle Frantz stems from an incident along East Snyder Avenue in Lansford which occurred on June 16, 2014.Kyle Frantz is currently in the county prison on a probation violation awaiting disposition of that matter.Matika deferred sentencing of Kyle Frantz to a later date.Scott Frantz got the better of the two brothers in the matter. Because he cooperated with authorities after his arrest, defense attorney Stephen Vlossak said, the district attorney recommended a probation sentence.On the recklessly endangering charge, Matika sentenced him to time served (24 days) to one year in jail and on the possession count one year probation with the terms running consecutively.He was also ordered that he get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance imposed on D&A use, pay court costs, which average about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation, and render a total of 100 hours of community service.The fifth suspect in the case, Slaven, was scheduled to plead Tuesday, but that proceeding was continued to Oct. 21.