A Schuylkill County woman pleaded guilty in Carbon County court on Monday to a charge of fleeing police and was sentenced to a prison term.

She was one of four defendants in pending criminal cases to enter a guilty plea before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic II.

Thorpe incident

Brittany Hinkle, 25, of McAdoo, pleaded to one count each of fleeing or attempting to elude police, a felony 3, and a summary offense of driving under suspension.

She was charged on June 4 by Jim Thorpe police. Police attempted to make a traffic stop along Route 903 at the bridge because the vehicle she was driving did not have the proper registration plate on it.

Hinkle refused to stop and a chase began. Police broke off the chase due to safety issues but later secured information on Hinkle being the driver and arrested her.

Her plea proceeding was done by video from the county prison where she is an inmate. It was noted she has two pending cases in Luzerne County, which has a detainer filed at the county prison on her.

On the fleeing charge Nanovic sentenced her to serve six- to one day less 24 months in prison with credit for 43 days already served. She was also ordered to get a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendation for treatment, supply a DNA sample and pay a fine of $500. On the suspension count she was fined $200.

Other pleas

Brooke Huntington,

43, of Lehighton, pleaded to one count of false identification to law enforcement. In a plea deal with the district attorney’s office a charge of possession of a controlled substance was dropped.

She was arrested on March 12 when Mahoning Township police who were dispatched to an area along Valley View for a woman laying in a drainage ditch. She had a backpack which had drugs in it. She gave police two different names during the incident.

Her proceeding was done by video from the county prison where she is being held on another sentence. She has completed the minimum of that sentence, she told the court, but is being held because she has no place to live.

Nanovic placed her on probation for six months and ordered her to get a drug and alcohol evaluation.

Angel Luis Gines Robles

, 48, of Lansford, pleaded to one count of resisting arrest. A charge of simple assault was dropped in a plea deal.

He was arrested on March 1 when Lansford police responded to a domestic dispute at his residence along East Patterson Street. He struggled with police and refused to be handcuffed.

Nanovic placed him on probation for nine months and ordered he get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations.

Georgiann K. Hettrick,

43, of Mertztown, Berks County, pleaded to one count of recklessly endangering another person. She was arrested on Nov. 15, 2019, by Nesquehoning police following an incident along Catawissa and Allen streets. She admitted forcing the vehicle of another driver off the road and causing a crash.

Nanovic placed her on probation for a year.

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