7/16/19
by News Department on 07/16/19Prison Sentence...

A Tamaqua man is headed to state prison after a Schuylkill County judge sentenced him Monday for unlawfully possessing a pistol.
According to the Republican Herald, Schuylkill County deputy sheriffs had charged 37 year old Jason W. Eberts with possessing the pistol on Aug. 20, 2018, in Rush Township.
Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin ruled that Eberts must serve two to four years in a state correctional institution, with the sentence becoming effective Aug. 1.