A Luzerne County man admitted in Carbon County court on Tuesday to leading police on a high-speed chase that endangered others on the road.

He was one of three defendants in pending criminal cases to enter a guilty plea before Judge Joseph J. Matika.

Weatherly incident

Dylan T. Logan

, 19, of Hazleton, and formally of Tresckow, pleaded guilty to one count each of fleeing or attempting to elude police, recklessly endangering another person and possession of a small amount of marijuana.

Logan was arrested on July 30 when Weatherly police attempted to stop his vehicle along Plane Street. Logan refused to stop and led police on a high-speed chase with speeds reaching 100 mph at one point. During the chase Logan passed several vehicles in a “no passing” zone endangering the lives of the other drivers, police charged.

He eventually stopped his vehicle, then fled on foot. He was later caught and taken into custody.

On the fleeing charge Matika placed him on probation for 18 months and ordered he render 75 hours of community service, get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment and supply a DNA sample.

On the other reckless count he was placed on probation for a year, concurrent to the fleeing. On the drug count he was fined $100 and costs.

Other pleas

Nicco A. Maddon

, 25, of Hazleton, pleaded to one count of recklessly endangering another person. He was arrested on June 29 by Beaver Meadows police who attempted to stop him along Broad Street for speeding. He sped away at a high rate of speed, passing numerous other vehicles, police said. Maddon was operating a motorcycle at the time. He finally stopped and surrendered to police.

Matika placed him on probation for 18 months and ordered he render 75 hours of community service.

Robert C. Ahn III

, 37, of Lansford, pleaded to one count of endangering the welfare of a child. He was arrested on May 30 by Lansford police for an incident at a West Walnut Street, where he was charged with letting a 3-year-old child be assaulted.

Ahn is currently an inmate in the state correctional institution at Camp Hill, Dauphin County, serving a six- to 30-month term imposed by Matika on Oct. 16.

Sentencing was deferred so Ahn can apply for placement in the state’s Intermediate Punishment Program. The program runs for two years in which a defendant serves a period of time in a state prison, followed by time in an intensive drug and alcohol program, and then in a halfway house setting.

Matika said if Ahn is accepted in the program he would go along with it, but if he is denied, then he would be brought back before the court for sentencing on the charge.

Each defendant sentenced must also pay court costs of about $1,000 and a $50 per month supervision fee while on probation or parole.