A Schuylkill County judge said she’s sympathetic to people with addiction issues but told Brian Krammes Monday afternoon, “You can’t keep breaking the law.”
Judge Christina Hale sentenced Krammes, 51, of Pine Grove, to 8-24 months in state prison on two counts of possession with intent to deliver. Krammes was arrested in November 2025 after police executed a search warrant on he and his home, where they found methamphetamine and marijuana in quantities proving he was selling the drugs.
Krammes admitted that he sold meth to support his meth and gambling habits. He entered a guilty plea on these charges in August. Krammes previously pleaded guilty on two DUI charges and is currently serving up to 5 years in state prison. The sentence imposed on Monday will run consecutively to his current term in jail.
At his sentencing hearing on Monday, Krammes offered no apology to the court, something that likely cost him some leniency from Hale, who noted his lack of remorse.
In his defense, Krammes’ attorney, William Abraham, of Plains, told Hale that it “seems apparent to me he has a substance abuse problem.” Hale agreed and hoped he got the help he needed but said she had a duty to punish him for his crimes.
Not helping his cause was his current status as an inmate on DUI charges. Those offenses happened after Krammes had been arrested on the drug charges and were a violation of his bail.
However, when Abraham attempted to almost blame the system for failing to revoke his client’s bail following his first DUI arrest, Hale wondered aloud, “So, you’re blaming the Commonwealth?”
Schuylkill County District Attorney Mike O’Pake explained not revoking Krammes’ bail after his first arrest while on bail due to the fact that it doesn’t happen until after a preliminary hearing at the District Court level. And his initial preliminary hearing was continued. After it happened, Krammes’ bail was revoked but he’d already been stopped a second time for DUI.
“Mr. Krammes, you’ve been making some very bad decisions in your life,” Hale said, adding that he showed a “blatant disregard of the law.”
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