CANYON CITY — A Grant County man with a lengthy rap sheet is headed to prison for more than eight years after pleading guilty or no contest in three separate cases in Grant County Circuit Court, court records show.

On Thursday, Dec. 22, Travis James Freniere, 36, of John Day pleaded no contest to a single count of attempted first-degree sodomy in connection with an incident that occurred between May of 2016 and May of 2019. According to a grand jury indictment in that case, the victim was a child under the age of 12.

Three counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of first-degree sodomy were dismissed.

Freniere was sentenced to 43 months in prison plus 10 years of post-prison supervision minus time served. The judge recommended that Freniere be required to register as a sex offender, undergo sex offender evaluation and treatment, undergo substance abuse evaluation and treatment, and have no contact with the victim.

In the second case, Freniere pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree theft in connection with an Aug. 12, 2021, incident. Five counts of negotiating bad checks were dismissed.

Freniere was sentenced to 13 months in prison, with credit for time served, and one year of post-prison supervision under the requirements of Measure 57, which sets minimum mandatory sentences for certain property crimes and requires prison for repeat offenders.

In the third case, Freniere pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary, first-degree forgery and first-degree theft. Those crimes occurred on Nov. 7 and Dec. 1, 2021, according to court filings.

Under the requirements of Measure 57, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison on the first count, 18 months on the second count and 13 months on the third count, plus one year of post-prison supervision in each instance.

All of the sentences are to run consecutively. Altogether, they add up to 105 months behind bars — eight years and nine months of prison time.

Judge Robert Raschio presided over the cases.

Grant County District Attorney Jim Carpenter prosecuted the cases, and Freniere was represented by defense attorney Kathleen Erin Dunn.

Oregon’s statewide court database shows 18 criminal cases against Freniere in Grant County going back to 2005.

The original version of this story omitted one conviction and misstated the length of the sentence given to the defendant. Those errors have been corrected.