The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Mom faces judge on 27 charges linked
to son's party

By Amanda Smith-Teutsch
and Joe Pinchot

Herald Staff Writers

A Hermitage woman who allegedly held a randy birthday party for her son was arraigned Tuesday before Judge Thomas R. Dobson in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.

Patricia M. Johnson, 34, of 832 Lyle Drive, was charged by Shenango Township police with 27 counts stemming from the party.

She faces four counts each of indecent exposure, corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol to minors, nine counts of indecent assault and six counts of reckless endangerment.

A tentative trial date was set for February. Ms. Johnson and her court-appointed lawyer Dan Davis have 30 days to file pretrial motions concerning evidence, witnesses and possibly postponing the trial.

Police gave the following account:



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