Published October 11. 2016 02:46PM
A Lehigh County man entered guilty pleas in four pending cases on Friday in Carbon County court including selling illegal substances.
Jesse Dean Stahler, 24, of Germansville, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two counts of false identification to law enforcement and one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and a summary offense of disorderly conduct before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.Stahler admitted selling 20 bags of heroin to a confidential informant working for state police at Hazleton vice unit. The sale occurred at the Gypsy Hill Garden apartments in Lehighton on July 30, 2015.He was arrested on March 25 by Franklin Township police for an incident along Walnut Street at Christman Field. Police responded to a suspicious person report and found Stahler. He gave officers a false name and caused a disturbance, which led to the disorderly conduct charge. He was arrested on March 1 by Mahoning Township police for an incident in a parking lot at the Carbon Plaza Mall. Police responded to a report of an unconscious female in a parking lot. On scene officers found Stahler with the female, who had apparently overdosed. He again gave a false name to officers, and while being taken into custody, drug paraphernalia was found.The final incident occurred on Nov. 13, 2015, when state police at Lehighton responded to the area of 509 White St. in Weissport. Stahler was found at the scene, and while being taken into custody, police found drug paraphernalia.Nanovic accepted the pleas but deferred sentencing, ordering the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.