Judge Timothy Krieger rejected a Hostetter man’s plea for a house arrest sentence Friday, instead handing him a jail term for incidents in 2020 involving two teenage girls.
“I appreciate that,” Krieger said to Glenn D. Jones Jr., 26, who told the judge he previously did well on house arrest in a past case, “but you’ve used that chance up with your prior record.”
Jones was sentenced to 11-to-23 months in the Westmoreland County Prison on charges of corruption of minors, furnishing alcohol to minors, harassment and possession of marijuana.
He was acquitted at an August trial of more serious charges of rape, statutory sexual assault, strangulation, indecent exposure and indecent assault.
One of the accusers testified that Jones choked and raped her at a Latrobe apartment when she was 15. She had gone over to his apartment in May 2020 to buy marijuana from him after the two communicated on the social media site Snapchat.
About a month later, she took a 16-year-old friend to his apartment because she wanted more marijuana. The two girls were drinking and smoking at Jones’ apartment when police said he groped them separately, according to court papers.
Assistant District Attorney Anthony Iannamorelli asked Krieger to impose a jail sentence, saying that Jones had a responsibility as an adult to keep the children safe.
“If you want to play grown man games, sometimes you pay a grown man’s price,” Iannamorelli said.
Defense attorney Jaclyn Shaw asked for a house arrest sentence and said Jones would like to get back to work to provide for his family. He’s tried for years to kick a drug and/or alcohol habit with varying levels of success, she said.
Krieger encouraged Jones to improve his life.
“This could’ve got a lot worse for you,” Krieger said.
Jones was sentenced to a concurrent 11- to 23-month jail term in connection with a January 2022 fleeing and impaired driving case filed by state police for an incident in Youngstown. He pleaded guilty to those charges Friday.
He is awaiting a preliminary hearing in a second fleeing and impaired driving case filed by state police in connection with an April incident in Unity, according to online court records.
His criminal history involves theft, false identification to police, loitering and simple assault charges.
