A Carbon County man was sentenced to a state prison term for assaulting a fellow prisoner.

He was one of nine defendants in pending criminal cases to enter a guilty plea Friday before Judge Joseph J. Matika.Prison assaultJoseph M. Zarsky, 33, of Lansford, admitted he assaulted fellow inmate David Leon at the Carbon County Correctional Facility on April 9. The charges were filed by Nesquehoning police.Matika sentenced him to serve one to two years in a state correctional institution. The sentence will run concurrent with a state term imposed on him in May 2016 by Matika. He was sentenced to serve seven and a half to 15 years for a series of break-ins/thefts in Lansford.Other pleasChalid Stephen Smalls-Stokes, 20, of Jim Thorpe, pleaded to one count of fleeing or attempting to elude police. He was arrested on Oct. 13, 2016, by Nesquehoning police along Stock Street. Police attempted to stop him for speeding and he fled at a high rate of speed, during which he forced other vehicles off the road, police said.Matika placed him on probation for a year and ordered he get a mental health evaluation and follow all recommendations for treatment and render 50 hours of community service.Brian Marshall Morris, 34, of Easton, pleaded to one count of criminal trespass.He was arrested on April 24, 2016, by Nesquehoning police for an incident at 127 W. Catawissa St.Sentencing was deferred.Daniel Rolon, 26, of Lansford, pleaded to one count each of criminal trespass and theft.He was arrested on April 11, 2016, for an entry at a property on the 300 block of East Bertsch Streetby Lansford police. The property was unoccupied at the time. There are three co-defendants in the case in which stereo equipment and a safe were taken.Matika deferred sentencing and ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report.Bryan James Baker, 30, of Weatherly, pleaded to one count of theft, a felony, with burglary and related charges dropped in a plea bargain.He was arrested by Weatherly police for entering the home of his parents, while they were away. Jewelry, a television and other items valued at over $2,800 were taken. Many of the items were pawned in Hazleton to feed a drug habit, Baker said.Sentencing was deferred.Christopher Michael Lower, 37, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to one count of harassment, as a summary offense, with a simple assault charge dropped in a plea bargain with the district attorney's office.He was arrested on Jan. 1 at his residence following a domestic dispute with his wife.He was fined $200.Jonathan Lawrence Stefanick, 31, of Summit Hill, pleaded to one count of unauthorized use of an automobile.He was arrested on March 3, 2016, by Summit Hill police for taking a motorcyclewithout the owner's permission.He was placed on probation for a year and ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow all recommendations for treatment, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use and render 50 hours of community service.Stefanick is currently an inmate in the county prison facing a parole violation proceeding.Jose Alberto Matias Jr., 27, of Allentown, pleaded to one count of retail theft.He was arrested on Feb. 8 by Mahoning Township police for an incident at the Giant Market. In exchange for the plea, another retail theft charge, on the same date at the Walmart store, was dropped, but restitution in both cases must be paid by Matias.Matika placed him on probation for two years and ordered he make total restitution of $680.67, render 75 hours of community service, get a drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use and stay out of the two stores.Matias is currently an inmate in the Lehigh County prison on a retail theft charge.Anastasia Santiago, 21, of Lansford, pleaded to one count of simple assault.She was arrested on June 6, 2016, by Nesquehoning police for an incident at the footbridge near Willow Lane and Musmano Avenue. She admitted assaulting a 14-year-old female.She was placed on probation for a year and ordered to render 50 hours of community service and have no contact with the juvenile victim.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.