A North Warren man faces additional charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly tried to pay a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Scott J. Cressley, 7 Jackson Run Road, was charged last May by Conewango Township police. His case was before President Judge Maureen Skerda on Friday for argument.

Police received the initial report on March 24 when the mother of a 14-year-old female reported that she and her daughter spent the night with Cressley at his residence, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

The mother reported that “during the early morning hours” of March 21 “Cressley had approached her and offered to pay her to have sex with him,” per the affidavit of probable cause.

The victim, who was spending the night at Cressley’s residence, reported that she left the room when Cressley made his offer but that he continued “upping his offer until he reached $2,500. She still refused.”

She then said Cressley “left the residence for approximately 20 minutes and when he came back into the house he threw a large number of $20 bills at her on the couch.”

In the wake of the incident, police charged him with two counts of promoting prostitution of a minor as well as corruption of minors.

The prospect of additional charges was the issue before the court on Friday.

District Attorney Rob Greene cited communication that offered a plea to two charges if the plea were entered in a timely manner.

He filed to add three charges — criminal attempt to commit statutory sexual assault, criminal solicitation to commit statutory sexual assault as well as criminal attempt to commit aggravated indecent assault.

Greene suggested the “defense would be exactly the same… whether he offered $500 to have sex with him or not.”

Cressley’s attorney, Henry Borger, said he did not disagree with the notice served to his client and said Greene was “forthright” that charges might be added.

He asserted, though, that his client is exercising his right to go to trial. “The Commonwealth is effectively trying to coerce” Cressley into a plea. “He does want to proceed to trial.”

Borger said these charges to be added are more serious that his original offenses. The situation is compounded by Borger’s attempt to no longer represent his client over a disagreement of whether going to trial is in Cressley’s best interest. He said that leaves his client “kind of in the wind here.”

Greene said he was being “unfairly attacked” over the coercion assertion. “The Commonwealth greatly anticipates going to trial on these charges.”

“He had notice from the time of the preliminary hearing,” Skerda said. “The conduct is the same.”

She then granted the motion to add the additional charges.