A Carbon County man who admitted assaulting a police officer was sentenced on Tuesday to a state prison term.

President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II sentenced Adam Edward Crowley, 33, of Lehighton, to serve one to two years in a state correctional institution on a charge of aggravated assault on a police officer and on two counts of simple assault to serve a term of one year probation on each count running concurrent to each other and to the aggravated assault count.Crowley previously entered guilty pleas to the charges.On June 17 Lehighton police were dispatched to the 100 block of North First Street for a report of a disturbance.On scene, officers found Crowley outside the Bonnie & Clyde Bar and Grille screaming and using profanities. Police learned Crowley had entered the establishment and was told it was not open for business yet.He then became abusive to employees in the bar and went outside using obscenities.When police attempted to place him under arrest, he struggled with the officers.When he was being taken to a police cruiser, he spit saliva and blood on officer Bruce Broyles. Before his arrest he assaulted two employees of the bar.Defense attorney Matthew J. Mottola, of the public defender's office, told the court that his client has drug and alcohol issues along with mental health concerns.He said he attempted to get into the Salvation Army drug rehabilitation program but was denied acceptance, mainly due to the assault counts.Crowley told Nanovic, "I don't remember all that happened."He said he started using drugs and alcohol at an early age.He said his alcohol abuse got worse and his drug use graduated from marijuana to heroin.Assistant District Attorney Cynthia Ann Dyrda Hatton said with the problems Crowley has, the state system offers the best help for him. Nanovic agreed.In addition to the state sentence, Nanovic ordered Crowley to make restitution to the Lehighton Police Department for $106.36 in damages, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, supply a DNA sample and pay court costs of about $1,000.He was given credit for 127 days already spent in jail on the charges.