A Carbon County jury panel found an Albrightsville man guilty of gun and drug charges on Friday afternoon after a two-day trial.

Joshua Peter Correll, 40, did not testify at his trial held before Judge Steven R. Serfass.

The jury found him guilty of felony counts of possession of firearm prohibited, flight to avoid apprehension and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; and misdemeanor charges of two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and one count each of resisting arrest, false identification to law enforcement and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was charged by Jim Thorpe police following an incident on Jan. 14 along Olympian Way, near North Street.

Borough police officer John Pruitte Jr. saw Correll, a woman and another man at a vehicle listed for sale parked along Olympian Way about 12:30 p.m. Pruitte had learned earlier in the day that Kidder Township police had a felony warrant for Correll’s arrest.

When Pruitte pulled his patrol car in next to the vehicle for sale, a Chevrolet Tahoe, Correll was seated in the front passenger seat. As Pruitte approached the vehicle, he saw Correll take something from his waist line area, bend over and put it under the passenger seat.

When confronted about the warrant, Correll first gave a false name, then argued with Pruitte about the warrant. Eventually, he fled on foot and was caught by Pruitte and Det. Lee Marzen, of the borough police, who responded as a back up. After being taken into custody, he had $2,030, a syringe and a spoon. Marzen later checked the for-sale vehicle, under the passenger seat, and found a 9 mm handgun with a fully loaded magazine and a shell in the chamber.

Police also observed Correll’s vehicle at the scene and got a search warrant to search it and found various drug paraphernalia, suspected crystal methamphetamine and other items in the vehicle.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Lynn Rapa prosecuted the case. Correll was represented by Attorney Matthew J. Mottola of the public defender’s office.

Judge Steven R. Serfass presided. After the verdict was read, Serfass ordered the adult probation office to prepare a presentence investigation report. Correll was returned to the county prison where he has been an inmate since his arrest.