A Pottsville man must spend time in prison after admitting Jan. 6 in Schuylkill County Court that he drove with a license that had been suspended for an alcohol-related reason.
Jonathan P. Pfeil, 29, pleaded guilty to driving under suspension-DUI related. Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin sentenced him to serve 60 days in prison and pay costs and a $500 fine.
Pottsville police had charged Pfeil with unlawfully driving on July 5, 2013, in the city. Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley had found Pfeil guilty on Nov. 15, but the defendant appealed that decision on the day it was entered.
Also on Jan. 6, Dolbin found two Minersville men, Brandon Marshall, 35, and Eugene Rountree III, 45, guilty of disorderly conduct. He sentenced each to pay costs and a $25 fine.
Minersville police had charged Marshall with being disorderly on May 22, 2013, and Rountree with being disorderly on June 1, 2013.
Magisterial District Judge Stephen J. Bayer, Tamaqua, had found Marshall guilty on Oct. 3, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Nov. 1. Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko, Port Carbon, had found Rountree guilty on Oct. 6, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Nov. 8.
In other cases Jan. 6, Dolbin dismissed charges against three other defendants.
Christina A. Covach, 42, of Girardville, had been charged with disorderly conduct, which Girardville police had charged her with committing on Sept. 16, 2013, in the borough. Magisterial District Judge Christina E. Hale, Frackville, had found Covach guilty on Oct. 17, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Nov. 13.
Megan R. Ebersole, 18, of Tremont, had been charged with purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of an intoxicating beverage by Penn State University police, which alleged she had the alcohol on Sept. 28, 2013. Magisterial District Judge James R. Ferrier, Orwigsburg, had found Ebersole guilty on Oct. 31, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Nov. 12.
Robert Paulukonis Jr., 34, of Ashland, had been charged with harassment, which Schuylkill County sheriff's deputies alleged he had committed on Oct. 12, 2013, in Pottsville. Reiley had found him guilty on Nov. 14, but the defendant appealed that ruling on Nov. 19.