A total of 10 defendants in pending criminal cases entered guilty pleas in Carbon County court this week.

President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II accepted pleas from the following:

Randall Thomas Hicks, 25, of Fort Myers, Florida, pleaded in two pending cases to one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident on Oct. 2, 2020, in Nesquehoning; and to access device fraud for an incident on the same date of time as the drug case. The paraphernalia was found on him when he was taken to the county prison on a warrant in the fraud case.

In the drug case felony counts of contraband in the prison and possession of a controlled substance - contraband, were dropped in plea deals with the DA office. In the access device fraud case he was originally charged with 16 counts.

Nanovic sentenced him to serve a total of one to three years in a state correctional institution and ordered he get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment and supply a DNA sample.

He was given credit for 130 days spent in jail on the charges.

Paul Blose, 33, of Slatington, pleaded to one count possession of a controlled substance. He was arrested on May 19, 2019, by state police at Lehighton following a traffic stop.

He was sentenced to serve six to one day less 24 months in the county prison and ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation.

The sentence runs concurrent with a term he is serving in the Lehigh County prison.

Amber Colleen Defiore, 27, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of defiant trespass for an incident on June 11, 2020, in Mahoning Township. She was also sentenced on another trespass count to which she previously entered a guilty plea for an incident on July 30, 2020, in Franklin Township filed by state police at Lehighton.

She was sentenced to serve a total of 90 days to 12 months less a day and ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation.

She will serve the prison term on consecutive weekends beginning March 5 at 4 p.m.

Brian Snyder, 47, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested on Oct. 27, 2020, by Summit Hill police following a traffic stop.

He was sentenced to serve three to 12 months, less a day, in prison and ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Jacob Dematto, 20, of Summit Hill, pleaded to one count of harassment for an incident on June 10, 2020, in Summit Hill. In exchange for the plea, charges of terroristic threats and simple assault were dropped in a plea deal with the district attorney’s office.

A summary offense, he was fined $300.

Alexis Louise Hird, 21, of Killeen, Texas, pleaded to one count of retail theft, as a summary offense. She was arrested on Oct. 5, 2019, by Mahoning Township police.

She was fined $300.

Melissa Ann Fredericks, 35, of Tamaqua, pleaded to one count of criminal conspiracy, retail theft. She was arrested on April 9, 2020, by Mahoning Township police.

She was placed on probation for a year and ordered to supply a DNA sample.

William David Barnes, 42, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He was arrested on Oct. 4, 2020, by Lansford police. Two counts of simple assault were dropped in a plea deal with the DA office.

Nanovic sentenced him to serve one to 12 months less a day in the county prison and ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Deborah M. Coombs, 30, of Lansford, pleaded to one count of resisting arrest for an incident on Dec. 28, 2020, in Lansford.

She was placed on probation for six months and ordered to get both mental health and drug and alcohol evaluations and attend and successfully complete an anger management course. The term runs concurrent with a sentence she is serving.

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Edwin Acevedo, 22, of Lansford, was placed in the probationary Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program for a year on a charge of driving under the influence of a controlled substance. He was arrested on Nov. 3, 2019, by Lansford police.

He was also assessed $600 for the cost of the program and his license was suspended for 60 days.

Each defendant must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole or probation.