A Butler woman received another chance in a drug treatment program Tuesday when she was sentenced to three years of state probation.

“I'm just really thankful for the opportunity to better my life,” Lindsay N. Maples told county Judge William Shaffer on Tuesday via a video stream.

Maples, 30, of Butler is being held in state prison in Muncy.

With the state admitting Maples into a treatment program, Shaffer ordered her to undergo intermediate punishment for two years, which includes the drug treatment program, followed by another year of probation.

If completed, all outstanding legal issues Maples faced in the county will be resolved.

When police arrested Maples for a bench warrant out of Venango County on Aug. 20, officers also found dozens of stamp bags of heroin and drug paraphernalia in her possession. She eventually pleaded guilty in the case, and the offense triggered probation violations in five previous cases dating back to 2015.

After Maples was charged in August, she entered drug treatment court. The program is one of three specialty courts in the county that offers defendants focused treatment programs as an alternative to jail time.

After a series of violations and hearings, Maples was removed from drug treatment court, with an order for a state evaluation that led to her current sentence.

After the hearing, Assistant District Attorney Patricia J. McLean commented to the court's staff on Maples' improvement over the past year.

“She looks good,” McLean said. “She looks better than she has in a long time.”