Defendants facing drug and drunken driving charges entered guilty pleas on Thursday in Carbon County court before Judge Steven R. Serfass.

Child in carJoseph Moyer, 30, of Beaver Meadows, pleaded in two pending cases to one count each of endangering the welfare of a child, driving under the influence, and receiving stolen property.He was arrested on the DUI and endangering charge on June 30 by Lehighton police along First Street. He was found operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance-heroin, and had a 5-year-old female in the vehicle with him.The police report indicated Moyer was returning from the Allentown area after allegedly purchasing heroin along with another person.Moyer said on the way back he and the other person stopped at a restaurant in the Walnutport area and injected heroin in the bathroom. While driving home Moyer said the other person with him was driving and was operating the car erratically and he made him pull over and he started driving.The receiving charge stems from a Nov. 8, 2012, incident in which Moyer took six compressed acetylene gas tanks from Torco Supply Co., in Bowmanstown. He said he took the tanks to sell to get money for drugs.Serfass said he was concerned about the facts of the DUI case in which Moyer put a child in danger by "shooting up" with heroin and then driving.On the endangering charge Serfass sentenced Moyer to serve three to 18 months in the county prison. On the DUI count he was ordered to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, which runs concurrent with the first charge. On the receiving count he was placed on probation for 18 months consecutive to the other charges.Moyer was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 in the DUI case and a one-year license suspension, get a drug and alcohol evaluation, and render a total of 300 hours of community service when released on parole.He will begin the jail term on March 28 at 9 a.m.DUI and drugsChaise Pedro Terruta, 21, of Kunkletown, formerly of Palmerton, pleaded in three pending cases.He pleaded to DUI, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, and summary offenses of driving under suspension and financial responsibility (no insurance).He was arrested for DUI on Aug. 30, 2013, along Lizard Creek Road in East Penn Township. He refused to submit to a blood test.He was arrested on the first paraphernalia charge on Nov. 3, 2013, at his residence at 935 Summer Mountain Road, where state police at Lehighton served a search warrant and found the drugs.The possession and second paraphernalia charges stem from an Aug. 6, 2013, incident at his home where troopers went to arrest him on a warrant and found illegal drugs.Terruta said he is addressing his drug addiction problem by receiving counseling weekly.On the DUI charge Serfass sentenced him to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, a fine of $1,000, and one-year license suspension. On the possession count he was sentenced to serve 30 days to one year in jail, and on the two paraphernalia charges he was placed on probation for a year with one running consecutive to all the other counts. On the two summaries he was fined a total of $500.He was also ordered to get a D&A evaluation and render 125 hours of community service.He was given credit for 47 days spent in jail on the charges and paroled.Other pleasOther defendants who entered pleas included:Stacy Behler, 28, of Palmerton, formerly of Lehighton, pleaded guilty to giving a false urine sample.She appeared at the adult probation office at the courthouse in Jim Thorpe, on Oct. 4, 2013, as required to submit to a urine screen. Probation personnel learned she had provided a urine sample that actually belonged to her daughter.Serfass placed her on probation for a year and ordered her to get a D&A evaluation, and render 50 hours of community service. The probation runs consecutive to a term she is currently serving.Eugene Sillers, 25, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.He was arrested on Nov. 4, 2013, by Lehighton police along Bridge Street, following a vehicle stop.Serfass placed him on probation for a year and ordered he get a D&A evaluation, and render 50 hours of community service. The term runs consecutive to a sentence he is currently serving.Jonathan Todd Creveling, 42, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count each of DUI and driving under suspension-DUI related.He was arrested on Feb. 5, 2013, along Second Avenue in Lehighton by state police at Lehighton. Given a test, the result showed the presence of a controlled substance.On the DUI charge Serfass sentenced him to serve 90 days to five years in jail, a fine of $1,500, 18-month license suspension, get a D&A evaluation, and render 100 hours of community service when released on parole.On the suspension count he was sentenced to serve 90 days in jail and pay a fine of $1,000. The jail terms run concurrently.He was given credit for 82 days already spent in jail on the charges.Deanna Detweiler, 22, of Kunkletown, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.She was arrested on Nov. 4, 2011, along Blakeslee Blvd. East, by Mahoning Township police after being stopped for speeding.She was placed on probation for a year, and ordered to get a D&A evaluation, render 50 hours of community service.Richard E. Walterick III, 30, of Palmerton, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.He was arrested on Aug. 6, 2013, along Summer Mountain Road in Towamensing Township by state police at Lehighton after a search warrant was executed at a residence.Walterick is currently serving a nine- to 18-month prison term in Northampton County prison.Serfass placed him on probation for a year and ordered he get a D&A evaluation, and render 50 hours of community service. The term runs concurrent with the Northampton sentence.Tiffany A. Pramick, 25, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded to one count of DUI.She was arrested on May 17, 2013, along Maury Road in Penn Forest Township, by state police at Lehighton. Given a test, the result showed the presence of a controlled substance.Serfass sentenced her to serve 72 hours to six months in jail, a fine of $1,000, one-year license suspension, get a D&A evaluation, and render 25 hours of community service.She began the jail term at 4 p.m.Jared Michael Klass, 26, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of DUI.He was arrested on Sept. 29, 2013, by state police at Lehighton along Indian Mountain Hill Road in Franklin Township. Given a test, the result was 0.12 BAC.A first offense, he was placed on probation for six months and ordered to pay a fine of $300, and render 25 hours of community service.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs, which average about $1,000, and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.