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These defendants entered pleas or were placed into programs Tuesday in Butler County President Judge Thomas Doerr’s courtroom:

Essence N. Wilson, 28, of Aliquippa, Beaver County, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia in two cases.

She was initially charged with misdemeanor terroristic threats, criminal mischief and summary harassment after an incident on Oct. 30 and felony possession of contraband by an inmate after an incident on Oct. 31. The paraphernalia charge to which she pleaded was added later.

The plea agreement calls for probation and payment of restitution and court costs. She will be sentenced Aug. 22.

State police said in the Oct. 30 incident Wilson wielded a meat cleaver and threatened to kill Jessica Erdos during an altercation at the victim’s home on Winters Road in Penn Township, and damaged property at the home.

Following her arrest in that incident, state police said Wilson smuggled marijuana into Butler County Prison, which led to the Oct. 31 charges. While being searched, according to court documents, prison officers found hidden in her sock marijuana that was wrapped in a cellophane bag.

Thomas A. Purcell, 25, of Lyndora pleaded guilty to misdemeanor receiving stolen property.

The plea agreement calls for 6 to 12 months in Butler County Prison, followed by probation. He is also expected to be ordered to pay restitution and court costs when he is sentenced on July 25.

Purcell was charged by Butler police after a burglary investigation at a home on Summit Street Dec. 2.

Police earlier arrested David W. Eberhardt Jr., 26, who has no known address, on charges he burglarized the house Dec. 2. During that arrest, Eberhardt was found with a stolen Samsung cell phone which contained incriminating information.

Police said Eberhardt later admitted that he and Purcell had broken into the Summit Street house and taken the phone and a .40-caliber pistol.

Police on Dec. 4 recovered the stolen pistol from a house on South Street.

Emily R. Eichenlaub, 19, of Butler, pleaded guilty to summary disorderly conduct and was immediately sentenced to pay court costs and a $300 fine.

She was initially charged with two misdemeanor counts of distributing obscene material by state police after an incident between July 13 and Nov. 24 in the 3000 block of Beck Road, Summit Township.

Police said Eichenlaub’s boyfriend took an obscene photograph of a sleeping woman and Eichenlaub distributed it without the knowledge or consent of the victim. Eichenlaub disseminated the photograph “in a fit of jealousy,” according to the criminal complaint.

Naomi D. Best, 47, of Fombell, Beaver County, pleaded guilty to summary disorderly conduct and was immediately sentenced to pay a $25 fine, after being charged with setting fire to a neighbor’s mobile home.

She was initially charged with two felony counts of arson and summary dangerous burning. The disorderly conduct charge to which she pleaded was later added.

State police said Best started a fire on the porch of a trailer on Farm Lane, Concord Township, on June 7, 2016, after an argument where the trailer owner accused her of stealing scrap metal.

No one was at the home, authorities said. The trailer court owner doused the flames with a bucket of rain water.

Police said Best admitted to setting the fire.

Assistant District Attorney Robert Zanella said the victims were on board with the plea and “want to see her get help.”

Derek Krallman, 29, of Butler, was placed into the county Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, with 12 months probation and ordered to complete 20 hours of community service and a mental health evaluation and treatment recommendations, on a charge of misdemeanor invasion of privacy.

Buffalo Township police filed four misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy after they say he used a webcam to videotape a friend changing clothes without the woman’s permission on Jan. 19.

Police said Krallman secretly set up a laptop computer video camera in the victim’s bedroom, which was later discovered by a child.

The woman acknowledged that she allowed him in her house Jan. 19 but she knew nothing about the webcam.

Police said four videos were found, which showed Krallman testing the angle of the webcam, followed by the woman changing. The other two videos showed no activity in the room.

Police said Krallman admitted to placing the webcam.