UPDATE: Samuel Zvara was sentenced to 150 days to 1 year in Indiana County Jail, but was promptly paroled from jail time. He still must serve three years probation.
Michael Shawn Bernd was sentenced to one to two years in state prison.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
In Indiana County Court today, a number of defendants are scheduled for sentencing, most of them for drug charges. Two of the cases, however, are for other crimes.
40-year-old Samuel Zvara, formerly from Saltsburg and now listed as being from Westmoreland City, pleaded guilty in December to arson and simple assault, in a plea bargain in which another count of arson, along with charges of reckless burning and criminal mischief will not be prosecuted. Zvara assaulted a 39-year-old Woman at a home along Iselin Road in Young Township last May. He later set the home on fire.
43-year-old Michael Shawn Bernd of Glen Campbell pleaded guilty to simple assault in exchange for non-prosecution on charges of strangulation, two counts of terroristic threats, and harassment. The charges were related to an incident in September involving a 38-year-old woman who had a protection from abuse order against Bernd.
Drug defendants who are scheduled to be sentenced today include:
- Ursula Guntrum of Indiana, for possession with intent to deliver in two separate cases.
- Robert Peiffer of Blairsville, for possession with intent to deliver, also in two separate cases.
- Andrew Rankin of Creekside, for possession with intent to deliver, endangering the welfare of children, criminal use of a communication facility, possession of a controlled substance, and corruption of minors.
- Quashon Littlejohn of Pittsburgh, for possession with intent to deliver and prohibited possession of a firearm.
There are also six revocation hearings today, and Plea Court in six cases.
