A Lansford man entered guilty pleas on Thursday in Carbon County court in three pending criminal cases.

Lewis Searfoss

, 45, pleaded to one count each of fleeing or attempting to elude police and theft, both felonies; criminal mischief, misdemeanor, and summary offense of driving under suspension. Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas.

Searfoss was arrested on the fleeing count on Jan. 28 by Jim Thorpe police along North Street. Searfoss stole a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee earlier in Lansford and crashed it into a property on North Street. At the time, Searfoss’ license was under suspension. The mischief count stems from an incident on the same day in Lansford. Police responded to a report of a person inside a vehicle. Searfoss had broken into the vehicle causing damages, but fled before police arrived.

The theft count is for the stealing of the Jeep Cherokee in Lansford. The owner had entered a local business and left the engine running in the vehicle. Searfoss then stole the vehicle ending up in Jim Thorpe.

Searfoss is currently an inmate in the county prison on the charges.

Sentencing was deferred so the adult probation office can prepare a presentence investigation report.

DUI charge

Amanda Reed

, 38, of McAdoo, pleaded to one count each of driving under the influence and endangering the welfare of a child.

She was arrested on March 4, 2018, by Lehighton police along Route 443. She refused a blood test. Other passengers, including a 1-year-old boy, were found in the vehicle.

Reed is currently an inmate in the county prison.

She is going to apply for placement in the state’s Intermediate Punishment Program. The program runs for two years and includes about seven months in a state prison, followed by a period of time in a inpatient drug and alcohol program in the prison and then time in a halfway house. She will be transferred to a state correctional institution to be evaluated for the program. If she does not qualify, she will be brought back to Carbon County for sentencing.