An Albrightsville man was sentenced to a state prison term in Carbon County court on Monday after admitting he assaulted a probation officer at the county courthouse.

John M. Correll, 28, was sentenced by Judge Joseph J. Matika to serve a total of 30 to 60 months in a state correctional institution followed by 2 years of state probation.Correll pleaded guilty to escape, simple assault, resisting arrest and persistent disorderly conduct for an incident on Aug. 26. At the time of the incident he was on probation on other charges and had his probation revoked and was resentenced on those counts.Correll appeared at the probation office to submit to a scheduled urine screen because he was serving a probation term on a drug count.At a prior screen his test turned up for a "hot" urine, meaning illegal substance present. The new screen also turned up "hot."In both instances the test revealed opiates in his system.When Correll was told by his probation officer that he was going to be committed to the county prison for the hot urine screen, which violated the zero tolerance provision of his probation sentence, he became combative. He argued with probation office personnel and in the process of attempting to flee he pushed probation officer Tammy Wall into a filing cabinet causing injuries for which she required medical attention.He then fled the courthouse to Lehigh Avenue and ran near the local Subway restaurant where he was apprehended by other probation officers and Jim Thorpe police, who filed the charges.Correll disputed that he was apprehended claiming when he realized what he had done was wrong, turned himself in. He also said he had apologized twice to Wall for injuring her.Correll told Matika, "I'm here to accept responsibility for what I did." Correll asked for mercy from the court stating he became scared when told he was going to jail because he had just started a business and was in the process of turning his life around.Correll also claimed that if Matika ran his sentence for the assault and the probation violations consecutively, he would be punished twice for the assault offense.Assistant District Attorney Brian Gazo responded to that claim by saying the court had to send a message that this type of crime, "assaulting a probation officer will not be tolerated."Gazo urged the court to run the sentences consecutively.On the charges tied to the incident involving the probation officer, Matika imposed a state prison term of 21 to 42 months.On the probation violations, in which there were 2, Matika said Correll has shown remorse for his actions but that the court could not ignore what occurred. He imposed terms of 6 to 12 months and 3 to 6 months, with all terms running consecutively for the total of 30 to 60 months.Correll was made eligible for the state boot camp program but his participation in that program is determined while he is an inmate in the state system.He was also ordered to pay court costs of about $1,000 and was given credit for 76 days already spent in prison on the charges.