A Saylorsburg man admitted stealing a credit/debit card from the administrative area of the county prison and then using it to buy gas and get cash. He was one of five defendants in pending criminal cases to enter a guilty plea before Judge Joseph J. Matika.

Inmate's cardPaul E. Davidson, 40, pleaded guilty to one count each of theft and receiving stolen property.He was arrested by Nesquehoning police for stealing the credit card of Thomas Graham on June 26. Graham was an inmate at the county prison at the time.Davidson used the card at a service station in Nesquehoning to purchase gas and also took $60 in cash. Davidson was released from the jail on parole after he took the card. After it was discovered missing and the credit card company identified the business where it was used, surveillance cameras were used to identity Davidson.Davidson is currently in the prison on a probation violation in which he is serving a three-month term.Matika placed him on probation for 18 months consecutive to his current term and ordered him to render 75 hours of community service when released from jail, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance imposed on D&A use, and make restitution of $57.21.Sherry Monk, 24, of Port Carbon, pleaded to one count of receiving stolen property.She was arrested by Mahoning Township police for an incident at the Walmart store. Police said George Lahr mistakenly left his wallet on a checkout counter. Monk found it and at first tried to return it, but did not, then she took the wallet and money inside. She was caught on a surveillance camera.Matika placed her on probation for a year and ordered her to make restitution of $135 to Lahr and render 50 hours of community service.Nathan Fritz, 26, of Tamaqua, pleaded in two pending cases to one count each of defiant trespass and theft.The trespass incident occurred on May 19 at 35 Coal St. Lansford police responded to the area for a report of a person on property when he was told to stay off. Fritz was that person.He was arrested for theft in an incident on May 23 in Lansford where he removed a metal grate from an East Ridge Street business. The grate was recovered. He said he stole it with the intention of selling it for cash.Fritz is currently in the Schuylkill County prison on pending charges and is on probation in Luzerne County.On the trespass charge Matika placed him on probation for six months, and on the theft charge one year probation with the terms consecutive to each other and to the Luzerne County sentence.He was also ordered to get a D&A evaluation, render a total of 75 hours of community service when released from jail and have no contact with any of the victims.Derick L. Hymans, 22, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count each of escape and possession of drug paraphernalia.On Dec. 3, 2013, Lehighton police responded to 201 S. Second St. for repeated 911 calls. On scene, the officers entered the apartment building and saw Hymans. Officers told him to stop, but he ran upstairs to an apartment and locked himself inside. A female then opened the door and Hymans was arrested. During a pat-down, police found drug paraphernalia.Matika placed him on probation for a year on each count, concurrent, and ordered he get a D&A evaluation and render 50 hours of community service.Hymans in currently in the county prison serving a probation violation sentence.Deanna Marie Przewoznik, 38, of Lansford, pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child and a summary offense of permitting an unlicensed person to drive her vehicle.She was arrested on April 4, 2013, when Lansford police responded to a report of a hit-and-run along Kline Avenue. On scene, police found that Przewoznik's car had struck the mirror on a parked vehicle.Przewoznik was intoxicated and was charged with drunken driving. However, assistant district attorney Seth Miller said it was learned that an unlicensed juvenile was driving the car at the time of the incident. Przewoznik told the teen to drive because she was too drunk. Also in the car at the time was the defendant's daughter, which led to the endangering charge. The drunken driving count was dropped.Matika placed her on probation for a year and ordered her to get a D&A evaluation and render 50 hours of community service. On the summary count she was fined $25.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs, which average about $1,000, and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.