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was revoked in October.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 That sentence was revoked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.