A former Latrobe man was acquitted of felony rape charges Wednesday but found guilty of less serious misdemeanor offenses stemming from incidents in 2020 involving two teenage girls.
Glenn D. Jones Jr., 25, now of Hostetter, was found guilty by a jury of possession of marijuana and two counts each of corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol to minors. The panel deliberated for about four hours before returning the split verdict.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
One of the accusers testified that Jones choked and raped her at his 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.
He was acquitted of rape, statutory sexual assault, strangulation, indecent exposure and indecent assault. A mistrial was declared on another indecent assault count.
Defense attorney Jaclyn Shaw didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment.
