{"id":222232,"date":"2026-06-18T13:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222232\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:36:07","slug":"lackawanna-county-man-charged-with-child-solicitation-in-wilkes-barre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222232\/","title":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County man charged with child solicitation in Wilkes-Barre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WILKES-BARRE \u2014 A man from Lackawanna County was arraigned Thursday on a 2023 arrest warrant charging him with soliciting two teenage girls for sex.<\/p>\n

James Blair, 45, of Mayfield, was charged by Wilkes-Barre City police detectives with conversing online with two adults posing as two 15-year-old girls in January 2022, according to court records.<\/p>\n

During online conversations, Blair expressed his interest in having sexual acts with the juveniles, and pledged to bring \u201ca bunch of condoms\u201d and Tequila, court records say.<\/p>\n

Court records allege Blair showed up at a residence on South Welles Street, Wilkes-Barre, bringing beer and Tequila and fled when he was confronted by one of the adults. Blair left behind the beer and Tequila when he fled, court records say.<\/p>\n

A police detective obtained an arrest warrant for Blair<\/a> from District Judge Thomas Malloy of Wilkes-Barre on Jan. 10, 2023, charging him with four counts of criminal attempt to commit unlawful contact with a minor, and one count each of criminal solicitation to commit statutory sexual assault and criminal use of communication facility.<\/p>\n

Blair was arraigned on the warrant by District Judge Ferris Webby of Wright Township and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $75,000 bail.<\/p>\n

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