JASON BARTSCH

BY ROBERT L. BAKER

Wyoming County Press Examiner

A 27-year-old Tunkhannock man faces 19-48 months in state prison for his involvement in a crime spree toward the end of 2011.

Jason Albert Bartsch, of Treetop Lane, appeared before President Judge Russell Shurtleff on Wednesday and solemnly accepted his punishment.

Attorney Deborah Albert-Heise said her client was willing to do whatever it took to get his life turned around but recognized the gravity of what he did meant time in prison.

Under a plea arrangement in November with District Attorney Jeff Mitchell, Bartsch also faced charges in three additional incidents that were dropped at the time of sentencing.

According to court documents, Bartsch admitted to cutting the power wires to CVS Pharmacy in Tunkhannock on Oct. 11, 2011, thinking he had deactivated a burglary alarm, but when he threw a rock through the front door of the CVS store, the alarm system went off.

Also on the same date, Bartsch is alleged to have unlawfully entered Wayne Automotive & Collison where he pried a door open and took some tools.

On Dec. 23, 2011, Bartsch also entered two Billings Mill Road properties in Tunkhannock Township. In one incident he took possession of a 1960 Mercury Comet, and in the other he took a utility trailer and riding lawnmower.

For the burglary at Wayne Automotive, he was sentenced to 6-12 months in state prison. For a charge of criminal attempt to commit trespass in the case of CVS, he was sentenced to 1-12 months; and for the two charges of theft by unlawful taking Bartsch faced sentences of 6-12 months, all to be served consecutively and with additional restitution.

OTHER SENTENCINGS

Others sentenced on Wednesday:

*Michael J. Allen, 27, of Laceyville, was sentenced to 72 hours-6 months in county jail and $1,000 fine for DUI on June 9, 2012.

*Brandon Lynn Barber, 19, of Dalton, was sentenced to six months probation and $500 fine for defiant trespass on June 5, 2012.

*James Louis Barber, 54, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 11.5-24 months in state prison and $500 fine for indecent assault on April 21, 2012.

*Julie R. Spaeth Carter, 28, of Meshoppen, was sentenced to a $300 fine for bad checks on Aug. 4, 2011.

*Joseph Anton Dorsey, 51, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 18-60 months in state prison and  $1,500 fine for DUI, second arrest, on April 21, 2012; and to 12-24 months in state prison and $1,000 fine for simple assault on April 21, 2012,

*Johnathan Eiden, 31, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 132 days-12 months in county jail for recklessly endangering another on May 27, 2012; and to 10 days-6 months in county jail and $1,000 fine for DUI on May 27, 2011.

*Scott Ryan Faux, 22, of Mehoopany, was sentenced to 1-12 months in state prison for possession of a controlled substance on May 27, 2010; to 12-24 months in state prison and $285 restitution for possession of a controlled substance on Nov. 19, 2010; to 12-24 months in state prison and $400 restitution for possession of a controlled substance on Feb. 11, 2011; and to 12-24 months in state prison and $555 restitution for possession of a controlled substance on Mar. 3, 2011.

*Timothy Scott Gable, 44, of West Pittston, was sentenced to 6-12 months in county jail for theft by deception on Nov. 6, 2008.

*Michael Jorden Hallock, 48, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 18 months probation and $300 fine for recklessly endangering another on Jan. 14, 2012.

*John J. Holleran, 53, of Harding, was sentenced to 48 hours-6 months in county jail and $500 fine for DUI on April 24, 2012.

*Anthony Robert Knight, 24, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 12 months probation and$300 fine for theft by deception on April 18, 2012.

*Calvin Randa Moore, 40, of Burlington, was sentenced to 16-36 months in state prison and $500 restitution for criminal use of a communication facility on Dec. 21, 2009; and to 16-36 months in state prison and $1,500 fine for criminal use of a communication facility on Dec. 20, 2011.

*Christopher William Race, 24, of Montrose, was sentenced to 2-12 months in county jail and $500 fine for criminal trespass on March 20, 2012.

*Albert Roy Robinson, 22, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 14-36 months in state prison, $500 fine and $520 restitution  for possession of a controlled substance on Jan. 13, 2012.

*Alexander W. Scott Jr., 49, of Kingsley, was sentenced to 12 months probation, $500 fine and $1,130 restitution for bad checks on May 27, 2010.

*Stephen Eric Schwartz, 45, of Noxen, was sentenced to 2-6 months in county jail and $1,000 fine for DUI on Nov. 8, 2011.

*Rebecca Marie Seamans, 26, of Factoryville, was sentenced to 6-24 months in state prison and $500 fine for possession of a controlled substance on Feb. 17, 2012; and to 12 months probation and $500 fine for forgery on Feb. 17, 2012. The sentence was set aside while Seamans was allowed to enter drug treatment court for 24 months.

*Christopher Lee Shupp, 30, of Factoryville, was sentenced to 85 days-12 months in county jail and $300 fine for theft by unlawful taking on April 16, 2012.

*James T. Stark, 23, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 43 days-12 months in county jail and $500 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia on Aug. 3, 2012.

*Jason Kyle Vandermark, 30, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 6-23.5 months in county jail and $500 fine for criminal trespass on Aug. 15, 2012.

*Richard Robert Weaver, 50, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 30-60 months in state prison and $500 fine for contraband on Feb. 14, 2012. The sentence was set aside while Weaver was allowed to enter drug treatment court for 24 months.

*Kevin Wayne Wilcox, 35, of Tunkhannock, was sentenced to 6-12 months in county jail for false identification to law enforcement on June 30, 2012.

WARRANTS

Two individuals scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday did not show up and Judge Shurtleff ordered bench warrants for their arrest.

They included Christina Scott Paris, 21, of Wyalusing, who was to be sentenced for possession of drug paraphernalia on Dec. 2, 2011; and Seth Michael Wells, 22, of Laceyville, who was to be sentenced for DUI on Oct. 28, 2010.