- Matthew Nicholas Menard, of Florida, was sentenced to one to 15 years for soliciting a Utah teen.
- Menard pleaded guilty on Nov. 26; two others, who police say were speaking to the same girl, are still facing charges.
- The girl left her school and asked for rides to Las Vegas, according to police reports, and was considered endangered until she was found about six weeks later.
SALT LAKE CITY — After a 15-year-old South Jordan girl went missing last summer, investigators found multiple conversations on her phone with a man from Miami, Florida, including conversations about meeting in Las Vegas.
That man, Matthew Nicholas Menard, 36, was sentenced on Monday in 3rd District Court to one to 15 years for criminal solicitation of a minor, a second-degree felony, in addition to one year for enticing a minor, a class A misdemeanor.
Third District Judge Heather Brereton ordered the sentences to run concurrently…