A New Jersey woman admitted in Carbon County court to possessing numerous fraudulent credit cards and is facing a state prison term when sentenced. She entered a guilty plea on Friday before Judge Joseph J. Matika.

Jessica Carol Walter, 34, of Morris Township, pleaded to one count each of forgery and identity theft and two counts of possession of access device knowing it is counterfeit, all felonies.Walter was arrested by Mahoning Township police for an incident on March 2 when she was at the Verizon store along Blakeslee Boulevard and attempted to purchase several iPhones with fraudulent credit cards. When police arrived and took her into custody, a search of her vehicle was conducted and a large number of fraudulent credit cards were found.Her plea is not the end of her problems. It was noted she has pending charges of a similar type in Snyder and Bucks counties.Matika told her on the forgery count, a felony two, she faces a minimum term of between 21 and 30 months, meaning a state sentence.Defense attorney Adam Weaver, of the public defender’s office, said her crime spree was due to a drug addiction.Walter is applying for placement in the state’s Intermediate Punishment Program. The program runs for two years and includes about seven months in prison followed by months in an intensive inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation program and then time in a halfway house.Matika signed an order transferring Walter from the county prison to a state facility, where she will be evaluated for the program. Sentencing was deferred. Matika also ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.