A Lehigh County man was sentenced to a state prison term on Monday in Carbon County court after previously pleading guilty to robbery, simple assault and resisting arrest.

Julian Nathaniel Weekes, 21, of Allentown was sentenced by Judge Steven R. Serfass to serve a total of 30 to 60 months in a state correctional institution on the robbery charge. On the assault count he was sentenced to serve one to 12 months concurrent with the robbery charge. On two counts of resisting arrest he was placed on state probation for 24 months, consecutive with the prison term.Weekes was arrested on Feb. 9, 2014, at the Mahoning Inn along Blakeslee Boulevard in Lehighton. Borough police responded to the inn for a report of a robbery in progress.On scene police found Weekes struggling with the inn owner, Bill Singh, in the office area. When officers attempted to take him into custody he resisted and threatened officers Michael Svetik and Joseph Lawrence. He was finally subdued and arrested.Police said Weekes entered the office area demanding money when Singh resisted his attempts. Singh suffered injuries in the incident.Defense Attorney Brian Monahan said Weekes was intoxicated at the time and had used marijuana. He said his behavior in the assault at the time was "out of character" for him.In addition to the jail term, Serfass ordered Weekes to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance for D&A use, make restitution of $3,840.25, supply a DNA sample, pay court costs of about $1,000, and attend and complete anger management counseling.He was given credit for 336 days spent in jail to date on the charges.