SUNBURY - Five defendants were sentenced on various charges Monday by Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor.
- Andrew Zakashefski, 52, of Tamaqua, formerly of Mount Carmel, was sentenced to 1 to 23 months in county prison on a misdemeanor of resisting arrest. Zakashefski, who will begin his sentence Nov. 10, was ordered to pay a $100 fine plus costs and pay restitution of $591.33 to Mount Carmel Borough. He is prohibited from consuming alcohol and attending bars.
Zakashefski's sentencing had been continued multiple times after he failed to appear, prompting Saylor to issue an arrest warrant.
Zakashefski was accused of barricading himself in a second-floor bathroom at his former borough residence at 507 E. Avenue and threatening to kill himself with a large hunting knife.
Zakashefskie, who also has resided in Philipsburg since his arrest, was taken into custody after police used a pepper spray canister to draw him out of the room before deploying a Taser gun during the disturbance Jan. 30, 2013.
Zakashefski suffered a wrist laceration from falling after being stunned with the Taser gun and was treated at the scene by personnel from AREA Services. He was then transported to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where he was involuntarily committed for evaluation on a mental health "302" warrant before being committed to county prison, police said.
Officers entered the residence to check on the safety of Zakashefski's 47-year-old live-in girlfriend, Kathy Lewiski, who was found unharmed.
Additional charges including recklessly endangering another person filed by Mount Carmel police were not prosecuted.
- Stephen Smith, 36, of Shamokin, was sentenced to 2 years probation on a theft charge and ordered to pay a $100 fine plus costs.
An additional charge of receiving stolen property was not prosecuted.
Smith was charged by Shamokin police with keeping the proceeds from more than $5,800 in sales at Puff's Discount Tobacco Store on North Pearl Street between February and July 2013.
- Joseph V. Payne, 30, of Shamokin, was sentenced to 3 days to 6 months in county prison for driving under the influence of alcohol. He was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine plus costs and will lose his driver's license for a year. He also must undergo counseling and is prohibited from attending bars and drinking alcohol.
Payne was charged by Kulpmont police in connection with a three-vehicle accident in March in the 900 block of Chestnut Street.
Additional charges of careless driving and failure to drive in a single lane were not prosecuted.
- Nicole Seidel, 26, of Coal Township, was sentenced to 24 months of state intermediate punishment at SCI-Muncy on two counts of delivery of a controlled substance involving incidents May 5, 2012, and June 7, 2012, in Shamokin and Mount Carmel, respectively.
Saylor initially sentenced Seidel to intermediate punishment Jan. 28, but revoked that sentence when the defendant violated her supervision by being charged with possession of a controlled substance.
- Taylor Dettrey, 27, of Coal Township, was sentenced to 24 months of state intermediate punishment at SCI-Muncy on a burglary charge filed by Shamokin police. The burglary was committed between March 1 and May 18, 2013.
Saylor initially sentenced Dettrey to drug court Feb. 3, but revoked that sentence when the defendant committed a probation violation.