Pubdate: Fri, 21 Mar 2008
Source: Evening Sun (Hanover, PA)
Copyright: 2008 Evening Sun
Contact:  http://www.eveningsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3512

WOMAN WHO GAVE SON POT IS RESENTENCED

A Hanover woman accused of giving her son marijuana as  a reward will
spend more than a year in a  rehabilitation program as part of her
sentence.

Amanda L. Livelsberger, 32, formerly of 204 Oxford  Ave., was
resentenced Friday in Adams County court  after her previous sentence
was revoked in October.

Livelsberger pleaded guilty Sept. 11, 2006, to three  counts of
corruption of minors and one count each of  possession with intent to
deliver a controlled  substance and possession of drug
paraphernalia.

Livelsberger was sentenced in November 2006 to two  years in the
county's Intermediate Punishment Program,  with three months to be
spent in jail and the rest on  probation. That sentence was revoked
Oct. 23, 2007, and  her new sentence was delayed until last week so a 
pre-sentence investigation could be conducted.

President Judge John D. Kuhn sentenced Livelsberger to  five years in
the Intermediate Punishment Program for  the corruption of minors
charges and one year in the  program for the two possession charges.
She will serve  the sentences concurrently and received credit for
time  spent in jail.

As part of the sentence, Livelsberger was to spend 70  days in jail
with the remainder of her time on  probation. Kuhn said Livelsberger
can be transferred  from her prison term into a drug-and-alcohol-treatment
 program. Kuhn noted that Livelsberger has been accepted  into a
14-month treatment program and could be released  into it once the
space available for her has been verified.

Livelsberger must successfully complete the treatment  program, during
which time she will be considered to be  on probation, Kuhn ordered.
But if Livelsberger  voluntarily quits the program or if she is
terminated  from it for violating rules, Kuhn said, she could be  sent
to state prison for at least two years. Kuhn said  Livelsberger also
could be resentenced to serve her  sentences consecutively to each
other.

A detective with the Adams County Drug Task Force said  he learned
from Livelsberger's then-13-year-old son in  April 2006 that the teen
and his mother smoked  marijuana together every day since Christmas
2005. The  teen said he had to finish his homework before he was 
allowed to smoke marijuana with Livelsberger, who  offered the drug to
him, according to court documents.

Police seized several items from Livelsberger's home,  including
marijuana, $600 cash Livelsberger said  belonged to a drug dealer,
glass pipes and bowls,  according to court documents.

Livelsberger told police she had been smoking marijuana  with her son
since he was 11, usually as a "reward" for  finishing his homework.
Police said Livelsberger also  gave marijuana to two of her son's
friends, whom she  knew since they were 6 years old.

Kuhn also sentenced Livelsberger on Friday to three  years on
probation as part of the Intermediate  Punishment Program for pleading
guilty to one count of  forgery, a third-degree felony. Kuhn fined
Livelsberger  $300. She will serve the sentence after she finishes 
her sentence for the drug charges.
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