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Probation in camp case

By Sarah Lison, Jackson Hole, Wyo.
December 10, 2009

One man was sentenced and another pleaded no contest to last fall’s vandalism of the Darby Canyon Girls’ Camp in separate hearings this week in 9th District Court.

Kenneth Byington, 18, of Polaris, Mont., pleaded guilty in August to felony destruction of property. He was sentenced Wednesday to five years of supervised probation and ordered to pay up to $6,612 in restitution to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns the girls’ camp outside Alta. Restitution for damage to the camp is to be split among Byington and two co-defendants.

Colby Matkin, 18, who’s spending the winter in Arizona, pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony destruction of property. Matkin could avoid becoming a convicted felon and instead receive three to five years of supervised probation if Judge Nancy Guthrie accepts his plea agreement. Matkin also would be ordered to pay $6,612 in restitution for damage to the girls’ camp.

According to court documents, Byington drove with Matkin, Lucas Johnson and Annalee Grimes to the camp in late fall 2008. They were drinking heavily and Johnson started to throw items through the windows, records say. Matkin and Byington also damaged windows and light fixtures, records say.

Prosecutor Brian Hultman said Tuesday that Johnson caused the most extensive damage to the camp.

Johnson is serving a prison sentence in Idaho for burglary, and Teton County prosecutors plan to file charges against him, Hultman said.

Byington and Matkin have agreed to testify against Johnson as part of their plea agreements.

Grimes was not charged.

Matkin also pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor criminal entry for acting as a lookout during a burglary attempt in December 2007 at an Alta home. Johnson is accused of attempting to enter the home with the intent to steal an Xbox game system.

If Guthrie accepts Matkin’s plea agreement, he will serve up to 30 days in the Teton County Jail on the criminal entry charge and pay $600 in restitution for damage to a door at the Alta home.

A presentence investigation must be completed before Matkin appears before Guthrie for sentencing.

Byington was ordered Wednesday to pay $9,985 in restitution to the owners of cars and recreational vehicles that were broken into in December at a Rafter J storage yard. In accordance with Byington’s plea agreement, prosecutors dismissed a felony burglary charge in the Rafter J  break-ins and a felony charge of accessory after the fact in the girls’ camp case.



 
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