POTTSVILLE — A Minersville man returned to state prison Wednesday after a Schuylkill County judge sentenced him for conspiracy.
Daniel Lopez Jr., 28, must serve one to two years in a state correctional institution, plus an additional two years on probation, Judge Jacqueline L. Russell decided.
“You’re a problem,” Russell told Lopez, who sat through the hearing while wearing a prison jumpsuit. “There has to be a sanction.”
Russell imposed the sentence after revoking Lopez’s probation, which the defendant admitted violating by committing new crimes.
Lopez originally pleaded guilty on Feb. 4, 2015, to conspiracy. Russell sentenced him on April 29, 2015, to spend two to four years in a state correctional institution, plus an additional two years on probation, pay costs, $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, and $337 restitution, and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Pottsville police charged Lopez with being part of the conspiracy on July 16, 2014, in the city.
Russell told Lopez he needed to change his ways if he wanted to be a free man.
“If you get in trouble ... I can keep sentencing you to” the maximum term, she said.
Also in the county court, Judge John E. Domalakes recently revoked the parole of Eric S. Creamer, 28, of Minersville, and recommitted him to prison. Domalakes ordered Creamer to remain in prison until March 16, except if paroled to an inpatient treatment facility.
Creamer originally pleaded guilty on Nov. 15, 2017, to possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. At that time, Domalakes sentenced him to serve six to 12 months in prison and pay costs, $100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund, a $50 CJEA payment and a $50 bench warrant fee.
Mahanoy City police charged Creamer with possessing drugs and paraphernalia on Nov. 23, 2016, in the borough.
Creamer could stay in prison until May 15, Domalakes ruled.
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