A Carbon County man admitted to drug dealing on Tuesday in the county court and was immediately sentenced to a state prison term.

Matthew Moyer, 41, of Lehighton entered guilty pleas in three pending criminal matters. He pleaded to two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and one count each of criminal use of a communication facility, receiving stolen property and driving under the influence.The drug counts stem from an investigation conducted by the state Attorney General's office and the county drug task force.Moyer admitted selling methamphetamine to a confidential informant and an undercover agent of the AG's office. The sales occurred on June 29 at Seventh and Iron streets in Lehighton and July 13 in the area of 1470 Interchange Road in Towamensing Township.Moyer also admitted his part in the theft of tools from a construction site at the former Horsehead Industries property in Palmerton on March 4. Moyer was not involved in the actual theft but participated in the sale of the stolen tools at a pawnshop in the Allentown area.The DUI occurred on March 13 in the area of routes 534 and 901 in Penn Forest Township and was filed by state police. A test revealed the presence of a controlled substance.President Judge Roger N. Nanovic accepted the pleas and sentenced Moyer to a total state prison term of 30 to 60 months followed by two years of state probation.Moyer told Nanovic he had a longtime addiction to drugs.Moyer told Nanovic, "I wasn't a drug dealer, I was a drug addict, doing everything I could to get drugs."He added, "I'm disgusted with what I did, the choices I made."He said he needed treatment for his addiction.Assistant District Attorney Brian Gazo asked the court to impose a prison term of some years. He said the commonwealth has been dealing with Moyer for a long time. He said in May a plea agreement was made and Moyer backed out of it.He said, "These are serious charges. He did it before and did it again."In fact, Wednesday's pleas almost didn't happen.When brought before Nanovic to plead, Moyer told him he didn't want to plea. However, after he was taken to the holding cell in the sheriff's office to be transported back to the county prison, he had another change of mind and told his court-appointed legal counsel, attorney Adam Weaver, he wanted to enter the pleas as negotiated with the commonwealth.Moyer was originally charged with 10 drug counts including six possession with intent and three possession of controlled substances. The plea bargain was to three of the 10.Nanovic said he could not ignore Moyer's prior criminal record, which includes serving an 85-month federal prison term on drug counts.He said Moyer has been involved in criminal activity since 1993. Nanovic also said he had to consider that Moyer was selling large quantities of drugs and would also consider the fact that Moyer cooperated with the commonwealth in the investigation and arrests of other individuals.In addition to the prison term, Nanovic ordered Moyer to supply a DNA sample, get a drug and alcohol evaluation, make restitution in the receiving case of $1,778.77, and pay court costs of about $1,000.He was given credit for 219 days spent in prison to date on the charges.