A Grantsville man will spend up to 10 years in prison after breaking into several homes without pants back in May.
Dakota Joe Denton, 23, was sentenced in Third District Court Tuesday to consecutive sentences of up to five years in the Utah State Prison for two charges of third-degree felony burglary. Three misdemeanor charges for lewdness were closed by the court after giving him credit for the 56 days Denton served in the Tooele County Detention Center on the charges.
Denton was arrested in June after he broke into two homes and attempted to enter a third on May 29, according to a Grantsville City police report. During the May incident, Denton entered the homes without wearing pants and stood near the beds of two different women.
According to the police report, Denton was also implicated in another, similar home invasion and admitted to approaching a woman in Grantsville to show her a picture of his genitals on his phone.
In an interview with police mentioned in the report, Denton admitted to being high on methamphetamine when he broke into the homes in May and said he only remembered pieces of the events that took place that night.
Denton also said he hid in a tree to evade police the evening of May 29 after breaking into the homes.
Third District Court Judge Robert Adkins recommended Denton receive substance abuse and sex offender counseling while serving his sentence.