Carbon County court - Guilty pleas
Four defendants entered guilty pleas on Monday before Judge Joseph J. Matika.
Joseph Saverio Dalessio III, 23, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to two summary motor vehicle code violations in exchange for a more serious count of endangering the welfare of a child being dropped.Dalessio was arrested by Nesquehoning police on June 26 when he was observed operating a motorcycle with an expired registration and other code violations.Riding in front of him on the bike was a 9-year-old boy, which led to the endangering charge.Matika imposed fines totaling $100.David Russel Gaydula Jr.,23, of Langhorne, Bucks County, pleaded to one count of false identification to law enforcement.He was arrested on July 13 by Mahoning Township police following a vehicle stop along Route 443 at a crash scene. At the stop Gaydula gave the name and birth date of his brother.He said he did it because he knew there was a warrant for his arrest out of Bucks County.He is currently in the Bucks County prison served a sentence for a parole violation.Matika placed him on probation for a year, concurrent with the Bucks term, and ordered he render 50 hours of community service.Michael Mokshefski,57, formerly of Lansford, and currently an inmate at the state correctional institution in Coal Township, Northumberland County, pleaded to one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.He was arrested on April 14 in the area of 200 W. Bertsch St., by Lansford police.Mokshefski said he was due to be paroled from his state sentence in October but it was put on hold because of the pending Carbon charge.Matika imposed a fine of $200.Moises Flores Jr.,23, of Nesquehoning, pleaded to one count of harassment with a charge of simple assault dropped in a plea agreement with the district attorney's office.Flores was arrested by Nesquehoning police on May 27 when officers were dispatched to 17 Holland St. for a disturbance.Flores admitted making contact with his girlfriend, Tara Hertzog. It was noted Hertzog agreed to the plea to the lesser charge.Matika imposed a fine of $100.Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and pay a $50 per month supervision fee if on probation or parole.