A Carbon County man was sentenced to a county prison term Monday in Carbon County court on two counts of fleeing or attempting to elude police — twice in the same day.

Justin Craig Heimbach, 25, of Nesquehoning, but of Bethlehem when arrested on the charges, was sentenced to serve a total of six to 18 months in prison by Judge Joseph J. Matika. Heimbach previously pleaded guilty to the two counts of fleeing or eluding police plus one count each of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest and false identification to law enforcement. He also pleaded to 12 summary motor vehicle code violations.Kidder Township police attempted to stop Heimbach along Route 903 for a vehicle violation on March 12. He refused to stop and a chase ensued. Township police abandoned the chase due to safety reasons.A few minutes later state police at Fern Ridge spotted Heimbach along Interstate 80 and gave pursuit. Another chase ensued with speeds reaching 120 mph. The chase continued along the interstate into Luzerne County and onto Route 309. Then Heimbach re-entered Interstate 80 before his vehicle left the road and went up an embankment.He tried to back down the embankment with his vehicle striking a state police cruiser.The chase ended at that location. While being taken into custody he struggled with officers and resisted arrest. He was found to be under the influence of a controlled substance.Heimbach’s attorney, Gerald A. Stein, said his client has mental health issues as well as substance abuse problems.Heimbach told Matika, “I’d like to apologize for what I did.” He said he has been in prison for eight months on the Carbon charges and on a detainer filed by Lehigh County for a probation violation.In addition to the prison term Matika imposed fines totaling $537.90 on the summary offenses, $1,000 on the DUI charge, license suspended for a year, and ordered Heimbach to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, render 75 hours of community service when paroled, supply a DNA sample, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee when released on parole.He was given credit for 70 days spent in prison of the charges. In was noted after he completes the Carbon term he will be returned to Lehigh County prison to face the probation violation charge.