BY STACI WILSON

One of the three people arrested earlier this year after police pulled guns and drugs out of their Springville Township home entered guilty pleas last week in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas.

Adam Baisch, 29, of Montrose, was sentenced to serve one to 23 months in the Susquehanna County Correctional Facility for Criminal Conspiracy – Simple Assault stemming from a January incident in Brooklyn Twp.

Baisch also received a concurrent 6 to 23 months sentence for Possession of Red Phosporous with Intent to Manufacture Controlled Substance in Springville Township on Feb. 13.

He also received one year probation, to run concurrent with the other sentences for Unsworn Falsification to Authorities in Dimock Township on March 11.
In addition to Baisch, Curt Newhart and Karen Wilson, both of Hop Bottom, also face similar charges. Both are scheduled on the September trial list in the Court of Common Pleas.

Police went to the Button Road residence on Feb, 13 in an effort to serve arrest warrants to three people wanted on felony assault and burglary charges but found evidence that meth was being made at the home.

Newhart was taken into custody without incident outside the home. Baisch and Wilson were located inside the residence and taken into custody by police.

Baisch was also carrying a Glock Model 42, .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the back pocket of his pants. Two assault type rifles were also found laying on the table in the area where Baisch was taken into custody.

Another assault rifle was located in a bedroom.

Police also discovered a 10-year-old male juvenile in the home, and began to search for additional people.

In the search, police found two glass jars containing milky white liquid and a crystal, rock salt type material; and three water bottles also containing a milky, white liquid and the crystalline material; as well as other items typically used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Items seized from the home included a quart jar containing liquid and solid residue; a two-liter bottle with residue; a coffee grinder with residue; a digital scale with residue; and several the chemical and pharmaceutical ingredients used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

Thirty-five firearms – including rifles, shotguns, pistols and revolvers – were also taken out of the residence.

The PSP Clandestine Laboratory Response Team classified the home as a non-operational, functional methamphetamine lab.

The following people were also sentenced last week in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas:

Robert Daniel Morton, 46, of Scranton, to 10 days to 15 months in Susquehanna County Correctional Facility for Driving Under the Influence in New Milford Township on July 26, 2013.

David Kurt Michael Nugent, 34, of Montrose, to 1 to 2 years in a state correctional facility, to run concurrent with New York State sentence for Criminal Conspiracy/Burglary in Brooklyn Township on April 4, 2013.

Melanie Button, 32, of Tunkhannock, to 6 months probation for Driving Under the Influence in Bridgewater Township on January 20.

Barry M Corrigan, Jr., 54, of New Milford, to 6 months probation, for Driving Under the Influence in New Milford Borough on December 27, 2014.

Aaron John Goodenough, 21, of Susquehanna, to 6 months probation for Driving Under the Influence in Lenox Township on March 21.

Gregory Kester, 36, of Carbondale, to 6 months probation for Driving Under the Influence in Forest City Borough on October 30, 2014.

Lois June Page, 58, of Elmira, N.Y., to pay a $25 fine, pay cost of prosecution, pay additional fine of $425, pay $45 CAT Fund Surcharge for Disregard of a Traffic Lane in New Milford Borough on August 8, 2014. Page also received a $25 fine, pay cost of prosecution and pay $45 CAT Fund Surcharge for Careless Driving in New Milford borough on August 8, 2014.

Glen M Warner III, 60, of Great Bend, to 6 months probation, for Driving Under the Influence in Great Bend Borough on February 6.

Jeffrey Leo Kany Jr, 28, of Little Meadows, to 5 days to 6 months in Susquehanna County Correctional Facility for Driving Under the Influence in Apolacon Township on September 25, 2014. Kany also received 12 months probation to run consecutive to the above sentence, for Endangering the Welfare of Children in Apolacon Township on September 25, 2014.

Shane Eric Wetzel, 25, of Starrucca, to 3 to 23 months in Susquehanna County Correctional Facility, followed by 18 months probation, for Corruption of Minors in Liberty Township in April 2014.

Christopher A Chapple, 21, of Scranton, to 15 months probation for Receiving Stolen Property in Clifford Township on May 7, 2014.

Roy Thomas VanVleck, 60, of Nicholson, to 6 months probation for Driving Under the Influence in Lenox Township on March 16.

Donald Paul Peterka, 70, of Clifford Township, to 30 days to 6 months home confinement for Driving Under the Influence in Forest City Borough on February 7.

The following people were accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) Program:

Andrew Levi Joly; Dulcey Dee Church; Robert Scott Kavaliauskas; Joann Parkinson; Mario Arturo Presenda-Perez; Russell H Harrison; Alan Michael Lagrange; Desmond Lee Corey Jr; Jason F Fuller.