A Portland man was sentenced Friday in Clark County Superior Court to 8 1/2 years in prison for breaking into a Vancouver home, stealing property and touching a sleeping girl in August 2016.
Jordan Lee Jones, 23, received a sentence of 102 months on charges of first-degree burglary and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, which he pleaded guilty to Dec. 13. Jones was originally charged with first-degree burglary with sexual motivation and second-degree theft.
He will serve the sentence concurrently with time imposed for several convictions out of Oregon. Jones will also have 2 1/2 years of community supervision once released.
Senior Deputy Prosecutor James Smith characterized the facts of the case as alarming. Smith said Jones never made a statement to law enforcement.
Clark County sheriff’s deputies responded about 5:30 a.m. to a home in the 1700 block of Northeast Second Loop on the night of the break-in, Aug. 30, 2016. A sleeping 16-year-old girl woke up to find Jones inappropriately touching her, according to a probable cause affidavit. She kicked and screamed and then the man ran away, the affidavit states.
The noise woke the girl’s stepmother, who discovered the master bedroom window and a sliding glass door were open. She realized the home had been burglarized. A designer purse and wallet that held credit cards and a car key, among other items, were missing, the affidavit states. The stolen property had an estimated value of $941.
Fingerprints found on the window of the home came back as a match for Jones, the affidavit states.
The family did not attend Friday’s court hearing. Smith said they wanted the case to wrap up and had no desire to participate in the court process.
Defense attorney Louis Byrd Jr. argued his client should get 45 months behind bars. Byrd also told Superior Court Judge Daniel Stahnke that Jones did not recall touching the teenage girl.
The prosecution recommended the imposed punishment.
“You’ve earned it,” Stahnke said.
