A Lehigh County man entered guilty pleas last week in Carbon County court to two counts of obstruction of law and other governmental functions in exchange for felony charges of failure to register as a sexual offender being dropped.

Jeremy Highland, 30, of Coopersburg, pleaded to the misdemeanor 3 counts in exchange for felony 3 counts of failure to register with the state police and failure to verify address/be photographed, as required under Megan’s Law as a convicted sexual offender being dropped in a plea deal with the district attorney’s office.

He was charge by Lansford police on July 18, 2019, and again on Aug. 10, 2020, by Nesquehoning police.

Lansford police were notified on July 2, 2019, by state police that Highland violated the conditions of Megan’s Law and was convicted on Dec. 19, 2012, in Florida of sexual offenses. Highland was living in Lansford at the time.

On Dec. 10, 2019, Nesquehoning police were notified by state police that Highland did not register his new address, now listed as Pottsville, but was an inmate at the county prison. Highland, police said, gave a Pottsville address for registration purposes, but when police checked the address given, he was not residing there and the charges were filed.

President Judge Roger N. Nanovic accepted the pleas but deferred sentencing, ordering the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. Sentencing is scheduled for April 15 at 9 a.m.