A Lehighton man was sentenced to a state prison term on Monday for terroristic threats and indecent assault. He was one of several defendants sentenced yesterday.

Randy Highland, 43, was sentenced by Senior Judge Richard W. Webb to serve one to two years in a state prison for an incident that occurred on Sept. 30, 2009, in the parking lot of Dinkey Memorial Church.East Penn Township police said Highland was in the area of the church when he encountered two teens, both 14. He supplied them with alcohol.One teen told police Highland played "roughhouse" with them and touched them inappropriately. After he supplied the alcohol to the teens they said he threatened them if they told anyone.Highland told Webb, "I take responsibility for my actions. I'm trying to straightened out my life."Defense Atty. Paul Levy said Highland was trying to turn his life around and was also caring for an ill brother and helping out his elderly mother at home. He asked that any sentence be delayed 30 days so Highland could settle family matters.Webb said he was troubled by the fact that Highland is no stranger to the court system. Webb said the defendant has prior convictions for aggravated assault aand sexual assault.Webb imposed one to two years on the threats count, the same on the indecent assault charge and six to 12 months on a charge of furnishing alcohol to minors, all running concurrently.Webb also ordered Highland to get a drug and aclohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, get a sexual offenders evaluation and follow any recommendations, have no contact with the two victims or their families, do not go within 500 feet of Dinkey Memorial Church, supply a DNA blood sample and pay the $250 fee, no unsupervised contact with minors and zero tolerance on drug or alcohol use.Webb rejected the request to delay sentence and ordered Highland to the custody of the sheriff's department to begin his sentence immediately.Other casesOther defendants who were sentenced included:Lloyd Richard Heckman Jr., 34, of Parryville, was sentenced to serve nine to 23 months in the county prison on a charge of theft, rated as a felony two.Heckman was charged with taking a .22-caliber rifle from the home of his father, Lloyd Heckman, and selling it at a pawn shop for cash.Heckman, who admitted to a drug addiction problem, said he sold the rifle to get money to buy drugs. He said his addiction is to cocaine and heroin.At the time of his arrest Heckman had a previous conviction for unauthorized of a automobile.Heckman told Webb, "I'm sorry I stole from my father. It was a stupid thing to do."Webb also ordered he pay restitution to the pawn shop of $50 paid for the gun, get a D&A evaluation, zero tolerance on D&A use, and supply a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee.He was given credit for 215 days spent in jail on the charge. He also is facing a revocation hearing on another charge.Jordan C. Adair, 20, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced to serve nine to 18 months in the county prison on four counts of theft and one of receiving stolen property.The receiving count stems from an incident on Sept. 10, 2008, at the Pocono Whitewater facility in Penn Forest Townshipo. He was charged by state police at Lehighton. The four theft counts stem from a incident on Aug. 21, 2009, also in Penn Forest Townshipo involving the theft of all terrain vehicles (ATV).Defense Atty. George Dydynsky told Webb that Adair had a limited mental capacity and was easily led. He said he was involved in a theft incident at a McDonald's Restaurant where he was told by a female employee to steal money. He stole the money but gave it to the woman and got nothing out of it.Webb imposed the jail term on the theft counts and added two years of probation for the receiving charge. Adair was also ordered to make total restitution of $849.36, supply a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee, get both D&A and mental health evaluations and have no contact with the victims.He was given credit for 423 days spent in jail on the charges and was paroled, but won't be released from jail until a pre-parole plan is approved by the adult probation office.Ryan T. Miller, 28, of Tamaqua, was sentenced to time served (97 days) to 18 months in jail on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance-heroin.He was arrested by agents of the state Attorney General's office for incidents in Nesquehoning on Dec. 1, 2008.Webb also ordered he get both D&A and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance imposed on D&A use and supply a DNA sample and pay the $250 fee.Each defendant must also pay court costs and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.