Man sentenced to Grant County Jail and probation for theft and forgery
By Logan Bagett on Thursday, October 15th, 2026 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
CANYON CITY – A 60-year-old man was sentenced in Grant County Circuit Court this week following a guilty plea related to an incident earlier this year at a local business.
Brent Lee Sawin pleaded guilty to Forgery in the First Degree, a Class C Felony, and Theft in the Third Degree stemming from an incident in May of this year.
In total across both counts, Sawin was sentenced to 12 days in the Grant County Jail, a combined 18 months of supervised probation and 12 months of bench probation running consecutively, 80 hours of community service or county work crew, enrollment in a Moral Reconation Therapy program, $700 in court fines, and $50 in restitution/compensatory fines owed to a business in Prairie City. One count was dismissed with no conviction.
