Seven defendants in pending driving under the influence cases entered guilty pleas in Carbon County court on Tuesday.

Judge Joseph J. Matika accepted pleas from the following:Lance McLeod, 55, of Tresckow, was arrested on Aug. 2, 2014, by Weatherly police along Main Street following a vehicle stop. He refused a blood test and will lose his license for a year for the refusal.Sentencing was deferred until McLeod can get a drug and alcohol evaluation.Larry Lee Trine, 60, of Lehighton, was arrested on Oct. 1, 2014, along Mahoning Drive by Mahoning Township police. A test showed 0.13 BAC.Matika placed him on probation for six months and ordered he pay a fine of $300 and render 25 hours of community service.James Rodney Stepp, 62, of Walnutport, was arrested on Sept. 3, 2014, along Lizard Creek Road in East Penn Township by state police at Lehighton. A test showed the presence of a controlled substance.Sentencing was deferred so Stepp could get a D&A evaluation and apply for placement in the Intermediate Punishment Program.John Nicholas Eremus, 51, of Lehighton, was arrested on Oct. 19, 2014, along Bake Oven Road in East Penn Township by state police at Lehighton. A test showed the presence of a controlled substance.Eremus is currently in jail on other pending charges including drug and robbery counts.Sentencing was deferred.Nicholas John Cerino, 27, of Washington, Pennsylvania, was arrested on June 5, 2014, by Nesquehoning police along Route 54 after being stopped for going 80 mph in a 45 zone. A test showed 0.22 BAC. He also pleaded to resisting arrest.At the vehicle stop Cerino refused to get out of his vehicle and had to be forcibly removed by officers.Sentencing was deferred for Cerino to get a D&A evaluation.Andrew Anthony Carino, 27, of Lehighton, was arrested on Aug. 23, 2014, by Mahoning Township police along Blakeslee Boulevard Drive East at a checkpoint operation. A test showed the presence of a controlled substance.Sentencing was deferred so he could get a D&A evaluation and apply for the IPP.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,500, and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.Two DUIsSteven R. Wright, 23, of Palmerton, previously entered pleas to two counts of driving under the influence before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.He was arrested on Oct. 14, 2012, at Third Street and Franklin Avenue by Palmerton police. A test showed 0.14 BAC.The second arrest occurred on Nov. 8, 2013, along Lehigh Avenue by Palmerton police. A test showed 0.21 BAC.Sentencing was deferred so he can get a D&A evaluation.