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From The Pottsville Republican:
The two Shenandoah-area teens convicted of simple assault in connection with the death of Luis Eduardo Ramirez Zavala were sentenced Wednesday to at least six months in county prison.
“It doesn’t matter if Mr. Ramirez was Latino, white, black or purple. This kind of violence in the streets of Schuylkill County is not going to be tolerated,” Schuylkill County President Judge William E. Baldwin said.
Brandon J. Piekarsky, 17, of Shenandoah Heights, and Derrick M. Donchak, 19, of Shenandoah, were convicted of simple assault May 1 for their roles in the beating death of Ramirez, an illegal Mexican immigrant who died July 14, 2008, after injuries suffered two days earlier.
Donchak was also found guilty of three counts of corruption of minors and three counts of furnishing alcohol to minors.
They were sentenced Wednesday afternoon at a hearing before Baldwin in Courtroom No. 1 of the Schuylkill County Courthouse, Pottsville.
On the simple assault charges, Piekarsky was sentenced to six to 23 months and Donchak was sentenced to six to 20 months. The maximum sentence for the second-degree misdemeanor is one to two years.
On the three counts of corruption of minors, Donchak was sentenced to one to three months each. The maximum sentence for the first-degree misdemeanor charge is two to five years.
http://www.republicanherald.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/local_news/pr_republican.20090618.a.pg1.pr18sentencing_s1.2606643_top2.txt