ALLENTOWN (AP) - Two men fighting a prison sentence for bilking one Pennsylvania town out of $800,000 in a streetlight scam will spend seven years on probation for costing another municipality $160,000.

A Lehigh County judge last week sentenced 70-year-old Patrick McLaine and 53-year-old Robert Kearns who had pleaded guilty to theft and conspiracy involving a streetlight deal for the Allentown suburb of Coplay in 2009.Their company, Municipal Energy Managers, was supposed to maintain borough streetlights so Coplay could get grants to install energy-saving LED lights. Instead, prosecutors say the men wrote themselves large bonus checks but did nothing to fulfill the contract.The men are currently appealing six-month jail sentences for a similar scam that cost Bethlehem Township $832,000, and have served house arrest for similar scams in Bucks and Cumberland counties.In 2008, representatives from MEM made a presentation to Nesquehoning council about the possibility of the borough buying its streetlights from PPL and hiring MEM to do the maintenance. The company, based in Olyphant at the time, told the board that it would help Nesquehoning qualify to get a cheaper electric rate and deliver over $1 million in savings over 20 years.At the time, Nesquehoning council members decided the option would fit them and signed with the company, taking out a loan for $431,200 over 30 years to cover the cost. The borough joined other area municipalities, including Lansford, Coaldale and Tamaqua, in hiring the company for lighting services.A ruling in December 2014 awarded Nesquehoning $1,521,332 in its lawsuit against MEM, but nothing was ever paid before the company went bankrupt.