8 felonies dismissed against Carbon County man
Eight felonies were dismissed against a Carbon County man in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court last week during a guilty plea hearing, after he plead guilty to one felony charge of theft by unlawful taking for taking a Harley-Davidson motorcycle from a Franconia Township barn.
Common Pleas Judge Todd Eisenberg sentenced Lee Franklin Walck, 56, of the 300 block of East Hazard Street, Summit Hill, to one year of probation for the guilty plea, according to court records.
At Walck’s preliminary hearing in district court, three felonies were withdrawn, and nine others held for trial. He was initially charged with multiple felony counts of theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property, as well as associated conspiracy charges, along with a felony count of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to the affidavit. Walck had a felony count each of theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy to commit theft withdrawn, per court records…