A former Lehigh County resident was sentenced to a county prison term last week on a drug dealing count and other charges.

Jesse Dean Stahler, 24, of Millersville, Lancaster County, and formerly of Germansville, was sentenced by President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II to serve nine to one day less 24 months in the county prison. The jail term will be followed by two years of probation.

Stahler previously pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, two counts of false identification to law enforcement and one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and a summary offense of public drunkenness.

Stahler admitted selling 20 bags of heroin to a confidential informant working for state police at Hazleton vice unit. The sale occurred at the Gypsy Hill Garden apartments in Lehighton on July 30, 2015.

He was arrested on March 25, 2016, by Franklin Township police for an incident along Walnut Street at Christman Field. Police responded to a suspicious person report and found Stahler.

He gave officers a false name and caused a disturbance, which led to the public drunkenness charge. He was arrested on March 1, 2016, by Mahoning Township police for an incident in a parking lot at the Carbon Plaza Mall.

Police responded to a report of an unconscious female in a parking lot. On scene, officers found Stahler with the female, who had apparently overdosed.

He again gave a false name to officers, and while being taken into custody drug paraphernalia was found.

The final incident occurred on Nov. 13, 2015, when state police at Lehighton responded to the 500 block of White Street in Weissport. Stahler was found at the scene, and while being taken into custody police found drug paraphernalia.

Stahler told Nanovic since his arrest and incarceration he went to three inpatient drug rehabilitation programs and successfully completed the three.

He also said he is currently in a halfway house setting and working full time in the Lancaster area. He will be in that setting for four more months.

He told the court, “I accepted the wrong I did. I accepted this as a blessing. I made a mess out of my life but now I’m turning it around.”

Nanovic declined to impose a time-served sentence based on the time he spent inpatient, stating the facts of the cases warranted more prison time.

Nanovic gave him credit for 222 days spent inpatient and 20 days spent in jail for a total credit of 242 days.

He was also ordered to supply a DNA sample, pay court costs of about $1,000, pay a $50 per month supervision fee while on parole and probation and zero tolerance for drug or alcohol use.

He will serve the remaining prison time on consecutive weekends beginning at 6 p.m. Friday.