Another defendant in a prescription drug ring was sentenced on Monday in Carbon County court.

Lee Erick Daniel, 25, of Daytona Beach, Florida, was sentenced to the state's Intermediate Punishment Program by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II. He previously pleaded guilty to 55 criminal counts filed against him by the state attorney general's office.He is the third of five defendants in the case to be sentenced after pleading guilty.Also charged with Daniel were Angela McClain, 43, of Tobyhanna, and formerly of Palmerton, who was considered the "ringleader" in the case; Edward Lee Szczesny, 26, of East Stroudsburg; Charles F. Daniel. 27, of Effort; and Jessica Campbell, 26, of Matamoras, Pike County.Szczesny and Charles Daniel have also been sentenced to state prison terms. McClain pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing and Campbell is scheduled to plea guilty on Sept. 10. The delay in her plea hearing is due to the fact she is currently in an inpatient rehabilitation center.Lee Daniel is currently an inmate in the state correctional institution at Camp Hill. He has been in the prison since March when he underwent evaluation to enter the state IPP. He was recently approved for the program but had to be formally sentenced by Nanovic before he could begin. His sentencing was done via video conference as Daniel was at Camp Hill.The program is for 24 months which includes seven months in prison, about seven months in an inpatient rehabilitation program and the remainder in another rehab program while in a halfway house.Daniel had pleaded to counts of acquiring or obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, possession of a controlled substance, criminal use of a communication device and criminal conspiracy.The AG office charged that McClain gave forged prescriptions to her boyfriend, Szczesny. The prescriptions, in some cases, were made out to Charles Daniel, Lee Daniel and Campbell. They were paid between $100 and $200 to fill the prescriptions at the various pharmacies in Carbon, Monroe and Northampton counties. None of the people involved in the case were patients of Manzella.Daniel thanked the court for giving him the opportunity to enter the IPP. He said he needed long-term help for a drug addiction problem.Nanovic advised him that if he fails to complete the program, he will be brought before the court for resentencing and he would not get any credit for any time spent in the IPP. Nanovic told him, "You would face substantial prison time if you don't complete the program."Nanovic gave him credit for 140 days spent in jail on the charges and ordered him to pay court costs of about $1,000 and supply a DNA sample.