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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; There is a chance one of two men accused with smashing windows at two businesses in Kingston earlier this year may receive probation.</p><p>Victor Anthony Robles, 19, of Market Street, Kingston, is expected to submit an application to determine if he qualifies for the Intermediate Punishment Program, a special probationary sentence in Luzerne County.</p><p>Robles on Thursday pleaded guilty to criminal mischief, possessing instruments of crime and criminal conspiracy for his alleged role in smashing windows at KJ&#8217;s Pickle Barrel and Cee Kay Auto at 355 Market St. on Jan. 22.</p><p>Judge Michael T. Vough accepted Robles&#8217; plea agreement reached between Assistant District Attorney Michelle Hardik and Attorney Jonathan Blum. Charges of reckless endangerment and two counts of criminal conspiracy were withdrawn against Robles.</p><p>Hardik said Robles used a pellet gun and a sling shot to smash the windows at the two businesses located in the same building.</p><p>Police also charged Dalton Joseph Plath, 22, last known address as Boston Hill, Larksville, with conspiring with Robles to smash windows.</p><p>Plath appeared for a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Wednesday when District Judge Daniel O&#8217;Donnell forwarded 19 counts of criminal conspiracy, 18 counts of criminal mischief and one count each of possessing instruments of crime and reckless endangerment to county court.</p><p>Plath remains jailed for lack of $50,000 bail.</p><p>Kingston police allege a surveillance camera recorded two men walking out of Robles&#8217; residence, which is across the street from the two businesses, and one of the men kneeling in a doorway. A cracking sound is heard on the video and the same thing happens several times, court records say.</p><p>Vough said Robles can apply to be accepted into the county&#8217;s IPP special probation program but it&#8217;s not a guarantee. Robles was released from the county correctional facility Thursday when Vough modified his bail from $25,000 straight to unsecured. Robles had been jailed since his arrest Jan. 27.</p><p>Robles is scheduled to be sentenced June 7.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Kingston man pleads guilty to smashing windows at businesses