- Tony Arnold Bernstone was sentenced to four years of probation after chasing a boy who doorbell ditched him in Salt Lake City.
- He was also ordered to self deport to New Zealand within 60 days and not return to Utah during the four years.
- Charging documents say he attacked a 12-year-old boy and held him until his parents arrived.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man who admitted to chasing a 12-year-old who “doorbell ditched” him and then forcefully holding the boy until his parents arrived has been sentenced to four years of probation.
Tony Arnold Bernstone, 59, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of child kidnapping, a second-degree felony, on April 7 as part of a plea deal. In exchange, a charge of child abuse, a class A misdemeanor, was dismissed. The kidnapping charge was originally a first-degree felony.
Third District Judge Richard Pehrson sentenced Bernstone to one to 15 years in prison, but suspended the prison time in favor of four years of probation and five days in jail. Pehrson gave Berstone credit for five days he previously served…