WASHINGTON, Pa. — A retired Western Pennsylvania judge has pleaded guilty to stealing cocaine being held as evidence.

Former Washington County Judge Paul Pozonsky stood Friday in the same courthouse where he worked and pleaded guilty to theft by unlawful taking, obstructing the administration of law and misapplication of entrusted property.

The misdemeanor counts carry a maximum of two years in prison, but prosecutors have agreed not to seek jail time. A felony charge and two other counts were dropped under the plea agreement.

The 59-year-old Pozonsky is scheduled for sentencing in July.

Pozonsky was charged after cocaine went missing from evidence he ordered police to keep in his chambers instead of police evidence lockers.

Pozonsky was charged about a year after he resigned without explanation and moved to Alaska in June 2012.