Two sentencing hearings are set for today for Indiana County Court, including one in which a Smicksburg man pleaded guilty in connection with a meth lab operation.
39-year-old Charles Edward Miller will go before Senior Judge William Martin today for his sentencing in a case where he pleaded guilty to operating a meth lab. Five other charges, including possessing a precursor substance, possession with intent to deliver, depositing or storing chemical waste, and possession of a controlled substance and of drug paraphernalia were not prosecuted. Police filed those charges on July 15th of 2020, but he entered the guilty plea on May 20th of this year.
Also due for sentencing today is David Holbien of Rural Valley, who pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and of a small amount of marijuana, with five other charges that stemmed from an incident on August 6th of last year were dismissed.
Also on the schedule today is a motions hearing for a Rural Valley woman who faces numerous counts of identity theft, theft by deception and access device fraud along with single counts of theft, receiving stolen property and forgery. 45-year-old April L. Kovach’s hearing is set for this morning in front of Judge Michael Clark. She is accused of fleecing an 80-year-old victim out of nearly $3,900 in fraudulent ATM withdrawals and writing a check to herself for $2,500 out of the victim’s account.
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