Carbon County
Two Jim Thorpe women were sentenced to county prison terms on Tuesday on drug dealing charges involving separate incidents.
The two appeared before Judge Steven R. Serfass for sentencing.
Enters pleas
Desiree Louise Kaminitsky, 30, entered a guilty plea to one count of each of criminal conspiracy - possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and endangering the welfare of a child.
She was immediately sentenced by Serfass to serve nine to one day less 24 months in the county prison.
She was arrested on the charges after she sold illegal drugs to a confidential informant on Jan. 5 and 11. A child was with her when the sales were made.
She was also sentenced on a driving under the influence charge which she previously pleaded. Serfass sentenced her to serve five days to six months in jail, a fine of $500 and one year license suspension. The jail terms run concurrently.
She was also ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, render a total of 125 hours of community service, attend and complete parenting classes, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee when paroled.
She was given credit for 188 days spent in jail to date on the charges. She is an inmate in the county prison.
Task force
Samantha Jean Weaver, 26, of Jim Thorpe, was sentenced to serve three to one day less 24 months in prison followed by one year of probation.
She previously pleaded to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance — heroin. She was arrested on July 14 by Jim Thorpe police as part of an operation by the county drug task force. She sold heroin to a confidential informant. She sold 17 bags of heroin for $160 to the CI. The sale occurred in Nesquehoning.
Tuesday she entered a plea to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia for an incident on Sept. 10, 2016, filed by Kidder Township police. Two counts of possession of a controlled substance was dropped in a plea bargain.
In that case she was placed on probation for a year, consecutive to the other case.
Serfass also ordered her to get a comprehensive drug and alcohol evaluation, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, render a total of 200 hours of community service when paroled, pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation.
