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Carbon woman given prison term for drug possession

A Carbon County woman, with an extensive history of drug use and convictions, was sentenced to a county prison term on Monday.

Marianne Hauser, 48, of Lehighton, was sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to serve eight to one day less 24 months in prison on a charge of possession of a controlled substance heroin. She previously pleaded guilty to the charge.She was arrested on May 17, 2013, by Lehighton police in the area of 185 S. First St.Police found Hauser at that location and served a warrant on her. While taking her into custody they found a bag of heroin on her.Hauser recently completed a federal prison term on drug charges.She told Nanovic while in federal custody she attended a drug rehabilitation program in Philadelphia for an addiction problem.Nanovic noted she was on supervision by both Lackawanna County for a driving under the influence charge and federal parole, when she was arrested for the Carbon incident.In addition to the jail term Nanovic ordered her to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance on D&A use, pay a $50 monthly supervision fee when released on parole, and pay court costs, which average about $1,000.She will begin the jail term at 6 p.m, April 21. The term runs concurrent with any other probation/parole term she is now serving, Nanovic ruled.Theft caseMatthew Tyler Baker, 22, of Saylorsburg, was sentenced on two counts of theft and one of criminal mischief. He previously entered pleas to the charges.He was charged by state police at Lehighton for his part in the entry and theft incident at the Alliance Sand business at 415 Golf Road in Lower Towamensing Township, which occurred on Sept. 7, 2013.Troopers responded to the area to a report of criminal activity. Baker and another co-defendant, identified as August Harsch, had entered the property and attempted to enter buildings. They took a 2002 Ford F250 truck that was parked there and owned by Silver Valley Drilling and Blasting Company. The truck was found a short distance from the site.On the two theft counts Nanovic sentenced him to time served (three days) to one year in jail and ordered he get a D&A evaluation, make restitution of $50; pay a $50 monthly supervision fee; and pay court costs which average about $1,000.On the mischief charge, which is a summary offense, he was fined $300.