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By James O’Malley

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WILKES-BARRE — Meth charges have earned a Plymouth man two years in a state reintegration program.

Robert Jones, 30, was sentenced Monday by Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough to 24 months in the State Intermediate Punishment (SIP) program, according to court papers.

He pleaded guilty in November to two counts of manufacturing more than 100 grams of methamphetamine, and must make $2,843 restitution, court documents indicate.

Jones was one of three arrested in December 2013 in connection with a meth lab operating out of a West Main Street apartment building in Plymouth. He was also charged with running a similar operation out of the Poplar Street residence he was last known to inhabit.

As part of the SIP program, Jones will spend a minimum of seven months in prison, at least two months in a community-based therapeutic community and at least six months in outpatient treatment.

The program is designed for defendants whose crimes were motivated by addiction to drugs or alcohol, according to the state Department of Corrections. Both prosecutors and a judge must recommend a defendant for SIP in order to be admitted.

Treatment plans are tailored to suit the needs of each participant, the DOC says, and an offender who fails the program faces resentencing under traditional sentencing guidelines.

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