A Troy man accused of breaking into a marijuana dispensary in January, stealing thousands of dollars of products and causing thousands more in damages was ordered to pay it all back.

Kody M. Hamilton appeared May 11 in Lincoln County District Court where judge Matt Cuffe sentenced him to a deferred term of six years. If Hamilton remains law-abiding and pays the restitution, his record could be cleared. He also received credit for serving 65 days in the county jail.

He was also ordered to pay $11,348 in restitution. The theft totaled more than $6,300 worth of marijuana products and the property damage was valued at $5,000.

Hamilton was first accused of burglary, criminal mischief, criminal trespass and theft. The burglary and mischief charges are felonies while the trespass and theft counts are misdemeanors.

A March 23 plea deal between county deputy attorney Jeff Zwang and defense attorney S. Charles Sprinkle called for a guilty plea to the CHECK!!! burglary/criminal mischief charge in exchange for dismissal of the othersCHECK!!!

Hamilton was held on $75,000 bail in the county detention center before his March 23 release.

Sprinkle said his client was not able to pay the full amount at once and Cuffe ordered it paid in the life of the sentence. Hamilton also must pay a $500 fine or complete 50 hours of community service. An $800 public defender fee was waived.

According to the court documents charging the offense, Troy Police Chief Travis Miller followed boot prints in the snow to Hamilton's residence.

Miller was called to a dispensary on Callahan Creek Road Jan. 7 for a reported break-in.

Miller spoke to two store employees and they showed him where an air conditioning unit was pulled out of a wall in a back room, leaving a hole to the outside. The chief also watched a security camera footage and saw a man in a gray hoodie, blue jeans and cowboy boots. He wore a mask and gloves.

He was reportedly accompanied by another man, who was not identified in the report. He wore black clothing and a mask. He stayed outside while the man in the gray hoodie handed him boxes of items.

After photographing the damage, Miller followed shoe and boot prints in the snow for a quarter of a mile to the driveway of a home on Callahan Creek Road. He recorded video and photos of the prints and measured them.

Miller’s investigation led him to another store that had video footage of the man in the gray hoodie from earlier that day. The owner of the dispensary posted a photo of the men on social media.

Later that day, Miller received multiple phone calls from people who wanted to remain anonymous. Then, two men, both known to law enforcement, came to the police station and spoke to Miller.

They said they knew who were the men were and identified them by name to police. Hamilton was one man identified in the complaint while the other was only ID’d as “I. S.”

The men said they were afraid of Hamilton because he carries a gun.

Three days later, on Jan. 10, Chief Miller got a phone call from a man who said he had Snap Chat screen shots of Hamilton, who was using a different name, trying to sell items from the store. The man emailed the photos to the officer. 

Miller then got a search warrant for the residence on Callahan Creek Road. He, county sheriff deputies and U.S. Forest Service officers went to the home. They searched it, arrested Hamilton and found several items from the dispensary in Hamilton’s room.