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Craigslist Posting Gets Man 8 Months Probation

BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - A man who authorities say posted a message on Craigslist promising ``a good time''  if callers asked for a Bay County bar employee has been sentenced to eight months of probation.

The Bay City Times reports a judge on Tuesday also ordered 52- year-old Stephen C. Laymon of Bay County to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

He was charged in September with a felony of unlawfully posting a message in September and pleaded no contest to a lesser misdemeanor.

A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing.

Defense lawyer Jason P. Gower says his client is ``adamant'' about his innocence. Gower calls the message ``a practical joke gone bad'' and says it was the electronic equivalent of writing something on the bathroom wall.
   
   
   (Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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