Crime & Safety

Towamencin Man, 63, Admits to Drunken Kiss With Boy

John Stone, 63, pleaded guilty to a corruption of minors charge in connection with an incident on Nov. 20, 2013

A 63-year-old Towamencin man admitted in court Monday that he kissed a 9-year-old boy on the lips while drunk in 2013, according to reports.

John Stone, 63, pleaded guilty to a corruption of minors charge in connection with an incident on Nov. 20, 2013, court records show. He received probation and will not be allowed unsupervised around minors for three years, according to The Intelligencer.

The Intelligencer reported that Stone, a friend of the boy’s mother, kissed the boy while the two were on Stone’s bed watching television. When the boy’s mother confronted her friend about the incident, Stone reportedly said he was drunk and couldn’t recall what happened.

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