A Bethlehem man was sentenced to a prison term on Friday in Carbon County court on a driving under the influence charge.

He was one of four defendants who previously pleaded guilty to criminal counts and were sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.

Lehighton incident

Tyrelle Suttle

, 28, was sentenced to serve three to six months in prison. He was arrested on Aug. 20, 2017, along Constitution Avenue by Lehighton police. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.

Nanovic noted that the mandatory minimum was 72 hours in prison, however, because of Suttle’s prior record score the minimum increased to three months.

Suttle is currently an inmate in a state correctional institution for a parole violation and is scheduled to serve a term in the Northampton County prison on a probation violation. Nanovic ruled his sentence run consecutive to the Northampton term.

Suttle was also ordered to pay a fine of $2,500 and his license was suspended for a year. On a driving under suspension count he was fined $200.

Other cases

Ricardo Lopez

, 36, of Allentown, was sentenced to serve 72 hours to six months in jail on a DUI count. He was arrested by state police at Lehighton on July 4, 2016.

On a summary offense of driving under suspension he was fined $200 and costs.

He was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000 and his license was suspended for a year.

He was given credit for five days spent in jail on the charge and paroled.

David T. Pasternak

, 48, of Lehighton, was placed on probation for a year on a charge of persistent disorderly conduct. The charge was added to the original criminal complaint filed in the case. A charge of indecent assault was dropped in a plea bargain with the district attorney’s office.

He was charged by Franklin Township police for an incident on Dec. 20, 2017, at his residence along Main Road. A female accused him of grabbing her breasts.

Pasternak told the court, “I’m truly sorry for what happened.”

He was also ordered to get a mental health evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment.

Tammy Jean Heiserman

, 42, of Palmerton, was placed on probation for a year on a charge of criminal conspiracy — receiving stolen property. She was charged by Palmerton police for her part in the theft of an ATM card of a borough resident and then using it to make a total of 29 transactions, which resulted in a monetary loss of $5,141.17. There are two co-defendants in the case.

Assistant District Attorney Brian Gazo told the court that the police felt that Heiserman was “least culpable” of the three defendants charged in the case.

She was ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment.

All four defendants were also ordered to pay court costs of $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole or probation.