A Palmerton man who failed to appear last year to serve his sentencing is scheduled for a preliminary hearing.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Deputy Tyler Dietz of the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office in the case against Ryan Eckhart:

On Jan. 4, 2021, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania defendant Eckhart, 37, came to an agreement to serve his sentence starting Feb. 11, 2021, at 5 p.m. to serve no less than 24 months nor more than 48 months at the Carbon County Correctional Facility for a prior violation.

On June 22, the Sheriff’s Office received a Common Pleas Bench Warrant from the Carbon County Clerk of Courts Office indicating that Eckhart failed to appear to serve his sentence on Feb. 11, 2021, at 5 p.m. ordered and signed by the Honorable Roger N. Nanovic.

Eckhart is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 monetary bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Wednesday before District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek of Lansford.