Summit Hill man sent to state prison for bringing drugs into county jail

A Summit Hill man was sentenced to a state prison term on Friday in the county court on a charge of bringing drugs into the county prison.

Kevin John Gieniec, 33, was sentenced to serve 24 to 48 months in a state correctional institution. Gieniec previously entered guilty pleas in four pending cases including a charge of possession of a controlled substance — contraband into a prison, which resulted in the state prison term.

Gieniec was arrested for the contraband charge on July 10, 2017, by Nesquehoning police when he was found with drugs by county prison guards while being incarcerated on other charges.

He also pleaded to three counts of possession of drug paraphernalia for incidents on May 4, 2017, in Weatherly; Sept. 26, 2017, in Lansford; and July 8, 2017, in Mahoning Township.

In the last case a charge of possession of a controlled substance was dropped in a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office.

Gieniec is currently in the state prison at Camp Hill serving a one to two year prison term imposed in Schuylkill County.

Matika ruled his sentence would run concurrent with Schuylkill.

In addition to the prison term Gieniec was ordered to get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations and follow any recommendations for treatment, zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use, supply a DNA sample, pay court costs of about $1,000 and on a charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana pay a fine of $100.