A Lehighton man was sentenced to a county prison term on charges he threatened a state trooper and also for assaulting troopers in another incident.

Andrea Mazzella, 48, was sentenced by Judge Steven R. Serfass to serve six to one day less 24 months on the threats charge and related counts and the same term on a simple assault charge, with the terms running concurrently.A jury panel found Andrea (pronounced as Andre) Mazzella, and formerly of Jim Thorpe, guilty of terroristic threats and persistent disorderly conduct following a one-day trial on June 6. Serfass found him guilty of summary offenses of harassment, public drunkenness and careless driving.The jury deliberated almost 90 minutes before reaching its verdict.Mazzella was charged for an incident on June 9, 2015, along Autumn Lane in Albrightsville, Penn Forest Township.State police at Lehighton were dispatched to the residence for a report of a man violating a protection from abuse order.At the sentencing proceeding, Mazzella entered a plea to the simple assault count for an incident on Feb. 7 along Autumn Lane. Troopers from the Fern Ridge barracks responded for a report of an intoxicated male causing a disturbance. While being taken into custody, Mazzella kicked one of the troopers on a knee, causing injuries. An aggravated assault charge was dropped in a plea bargain.After the sentencing was completed, a probation violation revocation hearing was held, which Mazzella did not challenge. The adult probation office charged Mazzella after he was arrested for the Feb. 7 incident with violating a probation period he was serving on other charges. The recommendation was that he be resentenced to time served.Mazzella admitted to an alcohol abuse problem he said began when his marriage of 20-plus years began to break up. He said a divorce proceeding is pending.Serfass also ordered Mazzella to pay total fines for the summary offenses of $325, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance for drug and alcohol use, pay court costs of about $1,000, render a total of 250 hours of community service and pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole.He was given credit for 208 days spent in prison on the charges and was paroled.