Man admits to asking girls, 13, on Web for sex

MERCER – A Mercer man who tried to solicit 13-year-old girls on the Internet for sex pleaded guilty March 4 to felony charges before Mercer County Common Pleas President Judge Francis J. Fornelli.

Christopher Lee Glaister, 30, of 200 Quince St., pleaded guilty to unlawful contact with a minor, disseminating obscene materials to a minor and criminal use of a computer.

Police said Glaister used Internet chat rooms between May 23 and Sept. 26 to sexually proposition three undercover agents from Pennsylvania’s Child Predator Unit who were posing as 13-year-old girls.

Glaister sent photos of male genitalia and asked for “nude pics” of the girls or their mothers, police said. He also asked them if their mothers would have intercourse with him and the girl or if their mother’s boyfriends had ever touched or seen them naked.

State police filed for disclosure from Yahoo! Inc. of Glaister’s activities. They said he became the 99th predator picked up since the Child Predator Unit started in 2005.

Woman pleads to assault for kicking arresting cop

SHARON – A Sharon woman pleaded guilty this week before Mercer County Common Pleas President Judge Francis J. Fornelli to aggravated assault for kicking a patrolman several times when she was arrested Aug. 7.

Shelly M. Mihalson, 36, of 276 Oak Way, took an Alford plea – a guilty plea in which defendants do not have to articulate their guilt.

Police said they got a call about a “drunken woman” from George Street. Ms. Mihalson was found and stopped several blocks away on the same street.

She kicked patrolman John Miller several times and also the frame of the cruiser’s rear window, which she damaged, police said. Miller did not need medical treatment.

Ms. Mihalson had charges of criminal mischief, resisting arrest and public drunkenness dropped.

Agency sets 2 meetings to hear from seniors

MERCER COUNTY – Two town meetings will be held March 19 for senior citizens who want to have a say on how the Mercer County Area Agency on Aging Inc. will assist the community’s elderly.

The agency is putting together its four-year plan for 2008 to 2012, according to a news release. The public is encouraged to attend and share opinions.