A former Carbon County woman was sentenced to a time-served prison term on Friday in the county court.

She was one of 11 defendants who previously pleaded guilty to criminal charges and were sentenced by Judge Joseph J. Matika.

Kidder arrest

Ariel Ann Shattuck

, 40, formerly of Lake Harmony and now of Melville, Texas, was sentenced to serve three to 12 months on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Matika gave her credit for 104 days already served in jail on the charge and paroled her.

Shattuck was arrested on July 14, 2017, when Kidder Township police responded to a Country Place Inn along Route 940 for a report of an unconscious person in one of the rooms at the inn. On scene, Shattuck was found to be the person in question, and three bundles of heroin were also found.

She was also ordered to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and follow any recommendation for treatment, zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use, supply a DNA sample, render 50 hours of community service and must reside in Pennsylvania until she completes her parole period.

Weatherly arrest

Lewis Christopher Tucci Jr.

, 20, of Hazleton, was placed on probation for two years on two counts of criminal conspiracy - possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.

He was arrested by Weatherly police on Feb. 19 after police set up controlled buys. One sale was made in the area of the Dollar General Store along West Main Street and involved oxycodone pills.

Tucci was afforded a break by the district attorney’s office when it agreed to have him withdraw his original guilty plea and enter a new stipulation in which he would plead to the two counts but that the drug involved was marijuana. At the original plea hearing, Tucci was told by Matika he faced 24 to 36 months in prison under sentencing guidelines.

Defense Attorney Bruce Miller said the new agreement was reached when the state accepted the facts that Tucci only drove the car involved in the sale but that he had no part in setting up the sale or having the drugs.

Tucci was also ordered to render 100 hours of community service, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use.

Other cases

Steven Sparrow

, 47, of Albrightsville, was placed in the county’s Intermediate Punishment Program for six months on a driving under the influence charge. The first 60 days will be on electronic monitoring.

In a plea bargain a more serious charge of aggravated assault by vehicle, a felony two, was dropped by the district attorney’s office.

At the prior guilty plea hearing, the victim of the crash in which Sparrow was involved, a Nesquehoning man, objected to the plea agreement in which Sparrow was going to be asked to be placed in the county’s Intermediate Punishment Program, house arrest.

Sparrow was arrested after his box truck hit the rear of a vehicle driven by the victim along Blakeslee Boulevard on May 5, 2015. Mahoning Township police filed the charges. A blood test revealed a 0.07 BAC and also the presence of controlled substances in Sparrow’s system. The victim sustained serious injuries to his right hand and has undergone multiple surgeries for the injury.

After hearing the testimony and that of Assistant District Attorney Brian Gazo, who negotiated the agreement, Matika accepted the plea, noting the victim could pursue his claims in civil court.

On Friday Matika noted that a civil action was filed in the matter. The victim was not at Friday’s proceeding.

Sparrow was ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, one-year license suspension and have no contact with Yelito.

Eric McDonald

, 36, of Lock Haven, formerly of Lansford, was sentenced to serve one to 12 months in prison on a charge of unlawful dissemination of intimate image for an incident that occurred around May 8, 2017. McDonald admitted placing nude photos of a Lansford woman on her Facebook page.

A woman contacted Lansford police, stating that an image of a nude woman was on Facebook without her permission. Police investigated and learned that McDonald got hold of the woman’s phone and placed the photo on her Facebook page.

McDonald admitted to a drug abuse problem and said he is getting counseling.

He will not have to serve any more jail time as he was given credit for 30 days already spent in prison on the charge. He was also ordered to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and render 50 hours of community service.

John David Della-Vecchio

, 59, of Palmerton, was sentenced to serve 48 hours in jail followed by five months and 28 days in the IPP with the first 28 days on electronic monitoring, pay a fine of $750, his license was suspended for a year, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use and render 25 hours of community service.

He was arrested for DUI on March 16 by state police at Lehighton along Forest Inn Road in Lower Towamensing Township. A test revealed a 0.10 BAC.

Moises Flores Jr.

, 24, Nesquehoning, was sentenced to time-served (28 days) to six months in jail, a fine of $500, one-year license suspension, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use and render 25 hours of community service.

He as arrested for DUI on Sept. 4, 2017, along Willow Lane. by Nesquehoning police. A test revealed a 0.11 BAC.

Christina Lynn Kieffer

, 31, of Coaldale, was fined $150. She pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. She was arrested on Nov. 15 by Nesquehoning police.

She is currently an inmate in the state correctional institution at Muncy, Lycoming County, serving a seven- to 24-month term imposed in Schuylkill County.

Susan Ruth Kelly

, 67, of Lansford, was placed in the IPP for six months with the first 16 days on electronic monitoring. She was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000, license suspended for a year and pay a fine of $25 for summary offense of careless driving. She was arrested on April 12, 2015, by Mahoning Township police. She was found guilty of the charge following a bench trial before Matika.

He agreed to the IPP placement because of health issues Kelly faces.

Danielle Neff

, 29, of Altoona, was placed on probation for six months on a retail theft charge. She was also ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use and render 25 hours of community service.

She was arrested on June 15 by Mahoning Township police at the Walmart store.

Tyler Matthew Hosier

, 27, of Wilkes-Barre, formerly of New Ringgold, was sentenced to serve 90 days to two years in jail, a fine of $1,500, license suspended for 18 months, zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use and render 100 hours of community service. The jail term will be followed by three years of probation.

He was arrested for DUI of a controlled substance on Sept. 22, 2017, by state police at Fern Ridge in Penn Forest Township.

He was given credit for 97 days spent in an inpatient rehab program and paroled. He told the court he is currently living in a halfway house but will be released from it shortly.

Felicia Bower

, 30, of Nesquehoning, was placed on probation for a year after pleading to one count of possession of a controlled substance. She was also ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and render 50 hours of community service.

She appeared before Matika on Monday to enter her plea but was found under the influence of a controlled substance, methamphetamine and heroin, and the court revoked her bail and placed her in the county prison after he failed to post the new bail of $10,000 straight cash.

Matika told Bower she looked a lot better than when he saw her Monday. He also told her, “You need help, get into an inpatient program.”

Each defendant must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.