Five of six women charged with prostitution in New Castle appeared in Lawrence County Central Court yesterday for their hearings.
Three women pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense and agreed to pay a total of $287 each ’ a fine of $150, plus $137 in court costs.
They are Dianna May Isenberg, 46, of 20 N. East St.; Darlene Doran, 51, of 706 N. Cedar St.; and Christine Louise Mefferd, 36, of 309 E. Falls St.
Kellie Ann Mars, 21, of 919 Croton Ave., did not show up for her preliminary hearing and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
Charges against Scarlett Rice were dropped, pending refiling, because the state police trooper who filed them did not receive notice of the hearing, according to the court. Her age and address were not available this morning.
The arrests were part of an ongoing effort by police to rid the city of prostitution. The women were arrested by undercover police for allegedly soliciting plainclothes officers in unmarked cars.
The women allegedly quoted the officers prices that ranged from $15 to $60. One of them told an officer she is hepatitis C positive, police said.
Mars had been arrested twice within a month for alleged prostitution, and a hearing yesterday was for the first case.
In the second arrest, she was charged with prostitution and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her preliminary hearing on those charges is set for July 26 in Central Court.
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