The Girardville man who ran from a sheriff's deputy in February 2012 at the Schuylkill County Courthouse must spend additional time behind state prison bars because of that escape attempt, a judge decided Thursday.
Andrew C. Bakerofskie, 22, pleaded guilty to escape and resisting arrest, with prosecutors withdrawing charges of theft and disorderly conduct.
"I'm guilty," Bakerofskie said during the hearing, which was conducted by videoconference.
Judge James P. Goodman accepted Bakerofskie's plea, and, pursuant to an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant, sentenced him to serve six to 12 months in a state correctional institution, pay costs and $50 to the Criminal Justice Enhancement Account, and submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities.
Goodman made Bakerofskie's new prison sentence consecutive to the one he already is serving at SCI/Rockview, Centre County, for having sexual contact with a teenage girl.
Prosecutors had charged Bakerofskie with running away from Deputy Sheriff Shawn A. Chaplick on Feb. 17, 2012.
Bakerofskie did not want to return to prison after having his bail revoked in his other case, so he escaped from custody and fled for about 10 minutes before being caught in a yard in the 300 block of Laurel Boulevard, Sheriff Joseph G. Groody said at the time of the incident. Sheriff's deputies, Pottsville police officers and county probation officers took part in the search for Bakerofskie, according to Groody.
Senior Judge D. Michael Stine had revoked Bakerofskie's bail because the defendant had contact with two girls under the age of 18, which was a violation of his bail conditions.
Bakerofskie currently is serving two to four years in SCI/Rockview after being sentenced on March 16, 2012, by Judge John E. Domalakes in his other case.
Domalakes also ordered Bakerofskie to pay costs and a $50 CJEA payment, submit a DNA sample to law enforcement authorities and comply with Megan's Law sanctions for 10 years following his release from prison.
Bakerofskie had pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2011, to five counts of statutory sexual assault and one each of corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor. Prosecutors withdrew two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and four of aggravated indecent assault.
State police at Frackville had charged Bakerofskie with having improper contact with a 13-year-old girl on five occasions between Dec. 4, 2010, and Jan. 3, 2011.
The Megan's Law sanctions imposed on Bakerofskie include requirements that he report his address, employment and educational statuses, and any change in them, to state police for 10 years after he leaves prison. Any failure to comply with those sanctions is a crime in itself and could result in further prosecution.