A Pottsville man is headed to state prison after being sentenced Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court for driving under the influence in November 2012 in Palo Alto.
James J. Trabosh Jr., 60, must spend one to five years in a state correctional institution, President Judge William E. Baldwin ruled.
"You're going to kill somebody one of these days," Baldwin told Trabosh, who said nothing during Wednesday's sentencing hearing and was taken away in handcuffs after it ended.
Baldwin also sentenced Trabosh to pay costs, a $2,500 fine, $300 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund, $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $60 restitution to Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street.
Trabosh pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to DUI. Palo Alto police had alleged he was DUI on Nov. 17, 2012, in the borough.
"Mr. Trabosh has a pretty severe drinking problem," James G. Conville, Schuylkill Haven, the defendant's lawyer, admitted.
Baldwin also rejected Trabosh's request to delay implementation of the sentence.
"You clearly won't stop driving under the influence," the judge said.
Also on Wednesday, Donald Kachelries, 68, of Schuylkill Haven, went free after being sentenced on a charge of theft. Prosecutors withdrew a charge of forgery.
Judge John E. Domalakes sentenced Kachelries to time served to 12 months in prison with immediate parole, and to pay costs, a $50 CJEA payment and a $50 bench warrant fee.
Kachelries originally pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to forgery, with prosecutors withdrawing two counts each of theft and receiving stolen property and one of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Schuylkill Haven borough police charged Kachelries with committing the theft on or about Aug. 30, 2011, in the borough.
In other criminal court action Wednesday, a Lake Wynonah man will serve time on house arrest instead of in prison after being sentenced Wednesday for driving while intoxicated in March 2013 in Orwigsburg.
George M. Llewellyn, 40, of Auburn, must spend 90 days on house arrest with electronic monitoring under the terms of Judge Charles M. Miller's sentence.
Miller also sentenced Llewellyn to spend 30 days on alcohol monitoring and two months on strict supervision, and pay costs, $1,525 in fines and $100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund.
A jury deliberated more than three hours on Feb. 4 before finding Llewellyn guilty of DUI.
Miller, who presided over Llewellyn's one-day trial, found the defendant guilty of disregarding traffic lane.
Orwigsburg police charged Llewellyn with DUI about 2:30 a.m. March 13, 2013, on Market Street (Route 443) in the borough.
Police said Llewellyn crossed the double yellow line on the road, had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech when pulled over, failed field sobriety tests and refused to take a blood alcohol test.
Also on Thursday, President Judge William E. Baldwin sentenced Michael J. Moczulak, 28, of Auburn, to spend three to 12 months in a state correctional institution and undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation.
Baldwin made Moczulak's sentence consecutive to one of the same length imposed on March 12 by Judge John E. Domalakes in another case, meaning the defendant must spend six to 24 months behind state prison bars.
Baldwin imposed the sentence after revoking Moczulak's probation, which the defendant admitted violating by traveling without permission and failing to report to his supervising officer.
Moczulak agreed to the revocation and sentence.
"He agrees that he needs the treatment" offered in the state prison system for substance abuse, said Assistant Public Defender Andrea L. Thompson, Moczulak's lawyer.
Moczulak originally pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2008, to hindering apprehension and possession of drug paraphernalia. Baldwin sentenced him on May 16, 2008, to serve 19 days to 12 months in prison, plus 12 months probation, pay costs and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Schuylkill County detectives charged Moczulak with committing his crimes on Nov. 22, 2006.
In another Thursday case, Baldwin revoked the probation of Tiffany L. Schorr, 29, of Nebo, N.C., and sentenced her to spend six to 12 months in prison and an additional 12 months on probation.
Schorr, who admitted violating her probation by being convicted of a new crime and not making payments on costs, originally pleaded guilty on July 20, 2011, to two counts each of delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors withdrew two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
At that time, Baldwin placed her on probation for 24 months consecutive to her current sentence and also sentenced her to pay costs, $200 in SAEF payments, $100 in payments to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account and $226 restitution to the state police crime laboratory in Bethlehem.
Schuylkill County detectives charged Schorr with selling drugs and possessing paraphernalia on Jan. 15, 2010, and again on Feb. 3, 2010.
Also on Thursday, Baldwin revoked the probation of Robert M. Valentine, 46, of Harrisburg, and sentenced him to serve six to 12 months in a state correctional institution consecutive to his current sentence. As a result, Valentine must spend 15 to 35 months in a state correctional institution.
"You continue to blow us off," Baldwin said in rejecting Valentine's request for a sentence that would allow him to stay in the county prison.
Valentine admitted violating his probation by failing to report to his supervising officer, moving without permission and not performing community service.
He originally pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2013, to defiant trespass. At that time, Baldwin sentenced him to spend 12 months on probation and pay costs and a $50 CJEA payment.
Tamaqua police alleged Valentine trespassed on April 13, 2012, in the borough.
In another Thursday case, Judge Jacqueline L. Russell found Laura A. Kryzanowski, 63, of Pottsville, not guilty of disorderly conduct.
Pottsville police had charged Kryzanowski was disorderly on Sept. 20, 2013, in the city, Magisterial District Judge James K. Reiley found Kryzanowski guilty on Dec. 9, but she appealed that ruling on Jan. 2.