Jesse M. Lincovich is headed to state prison after admitting Wednesday in Schuylkill County Court that he possessed amphetamines and a stolen gun in July 2015 in Tamaqua.
Lincovich, 35, of Mahanoy City, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance, with prosecutors withdrawing charges of prohibited possession of firearm and improper sale of a controlled substance.
President Judge William E. Baldwin accepted Lincovich’s plea and, pursuant to an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, sentenced him to serve three to six years in a state correctional institution, pay costs, $100 to the Substance Abuse Education Fund and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Tamaqua police filed the charges against Lincovich, alleging that on July 27, 2015, in the borough, he possessed amphetamine pills and a shotgun that had been stolen from Lehighton.
Lincovich, formerly of Tamaqua, said little during Wednesday’s hearing except that he understood the terms of his plea and that he was entering it knowingly and voluntarily.
Wednesday’s plea does not mark the end of Lincovich’s legal woes. He faces three other cases, all arising from alleged incidents in Tamaqua, that are pending in the county court.
Charges in those cases include possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct in one, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia in a second, and three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one each of possession of drug paraphernalia, retail theft and receiving stolen property in the third.
The defendant
· Name: Jesse M. Lincovich
· Age: 35
· Residence: Mahanoy City, formerly of Tamaqua
· Crimes committed: Receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance
· Prison sentence: Three to six years in a state correctional institution