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Area man to serve one year of probation for soliciting teenagers

A 45-year-old Laramie County man will serve a year of supervised probation on allegations that he solicited sexual acts from teenagers in Lions Park earlier this year.

Michael A. Mefford of Burns had faced a felony charge of soliciting to engage in illicit sexual relations, but pleaded no contest Thursday to two counts of misdemeanor soliciting prostitution.

Authorities allege that Mefford approached a group of boys Feb. 21 at Lake Absarraca and asked for oral sex in exchange for money.

At a hearing Thursday in Laramie County District Court, Mefford said he suffers from blackouts and has no memory of the alleged ...

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