Carbon County court – DUI
Seven people entered guilty pleas on Monday in Carbon County court to driving under the influence charges.
Judge Steven R. Serfass accepted the pleas from the following:
Robyn Lynn Conklin, 20, of Palmerton, was arrested on Nov. 15, 2017, by state police at Lehighton. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.
Serfass sentenced her to serve 90 days to 60 months in prison, a fine of $1,500, 18-month license suspension and render 100 hours of community service.
She will begin the jail term at 6 p.m. on Dec. 14 and serve it on consecutive, two-day weekends.
Brad Allen Begel, 57, of Lehighton, was arrested on Aug. 20, 2016, by Lehighton police along Route 209. He refused a test.
Sentencing was deferred.
James Joseph Golab, 49, of Lehighton, was arrested on May 18 by Lehighton police along Bridge Street. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.
Sentencing was deferred so Golab can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Stephen Hudock, 52, of Jim Thorpe, was arrested on March 7 by state police at Fern Ridge along Route 903 in Penn Forest Township. He refused a test.
He also pleaded to one count of driving while under suspension - DUI related.
Serfass told him he faces a mandatory one year in jail on the DUI charge.
Sentencing was deferred so Hudock can get a drug and alcohol evaluation.
He is currently an inmate in the Lehigh County prison awaiting sentencing on another DUI count in January.
Kristopher Mikel Green, 36, of Palmerton, was arrested on Feb. 23, 2016, by Lehighton police along Bridge Street. A test revealed a 0.22 BAC.
Serfass sentenced him to serve 48 hours to six months in jail, a fine of $500, one-year license suspension and render 25 hours of community service.
He began the jail term immediately.
Marissa Sue Schultz, 29, of Jim Thorpe, was arrested on Aug. 6, 2016, by Lehighton police along the Sgt. Stanley Hoffman Boulevard. A test revealed a 0.17 BAC. She was previously placed in the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition probation program but was revoked from it.
A first offense, Serfass placed her on probation for six months and ordered her to pay a fine of $300 and render 25 hours of community service.
Scott Jay Gangaway, 42, of Lehighton, was arrested on April 23 along Route 443 by Lehighton police. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.
Sentencing was deferred so Gangaway can obtain a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000, a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole and follow any recommendation of their drug and alcohol evaluation.
