Another defendant who participated in a forged prescription ring was sentenced to a state prison term on Monday in Carbon County court.

Edward Lee Szczesny, 26, of East Stroudsburg, was sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to serve a total of 30 to 60 months in a state correctional institution followed by three years of state probation.Szczesny previously pleaded guilty to 25 counts of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, and one count each of possession of a controlled substance, corrupt organization and criminal conspiracy. The pleas were to all the charges filed against him by the state Attorney General's office.Also charged with Szczesny was Lee Erick Daniel, 25, of Daytona, Florida; Charles F. Daniel, 27, of Effort; Jessica Campbell, 26, of Matamoras, Pike County; and Angela McClain, 43, formerly of Palmerton and now of Tobyhanna.Charles Daniel previously pleaded to all counts and was sentenced to a state prison term. Lee Daniel pleaded to all counts and is awaiting sentencing. Campbell is scheduled to plead to all counts on April 27.McClain was scheduled to plead to one count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, but the agreement was rejected by Nanovic. He said the plea bargain was "unfair" considering that all the other defendants in the case had entered plea agreements to plead to all pending counts while McClain was only to plead to one count.Nanovic said at McClain's plea proceeding that the affidavit of probable cause indicates that she was the main person in the ring. She was a nurse for Dr. Edward Manzella of Palmerton and provided the others with forged prescriptions of the drug oxycodone, which were then taken to area pharmacies where they were filled. A total of 5,640 tablets of oxycodone were obtained illegally.Court records indicate that McClain is now scheduled to enter a guilty plea to all counts on April 27 at 1:15 p.m. before Nanovic.In addition to the prison term, Nanovic ordered Szczesny to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance for D&A use, have no contact with his co-defendants, supply a DNA sample, and pay court costs of about $1,000.He was given credit for time spent in jail on the charges from Oct. 17, 2014, to Monday.