A Tamaqua man was sentenced to a state prison term after entering a guilty plea to criminal counts in Schuylkill County court.

Ryan Michael Navitsky, 35, of 251 Brown St., pleaded guilty to seven counts each of theft and criminal conspiracy with two accomplices involving two coal company properties and hunting cabins.He was sentenced by Judge John E. Domalakes to serve three to six years in a state correctional facility.He was also ordered to make substantial restitution to the victims of the thefts. The amounts of restitution ordered included $5,000 to R.E. Pierson Construction Company, 730 Mountain Road, Blythe Township, for theft of cable equipment and damage to property; $7,065 to Michael Coal Company, Route 1011, Schuylkill Township; and reimbursements to residents for theft of property from hunting cabins located along Penny Lane, East Brunswick Township.