Clinton man sentenced to prison in 2021 shooting of woman in Roy

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Brayden Daniel Coles has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison in a non-fatal shooting of a woman in Roy in 2021.
• He shot the woman outside a Roy convenience story on Sept. 23, 2021, according to original charging papers.
• A jury found the man guilty in the case last March.

OGDEN — A Clinton man will serve up to 15 in years in prison in the 2021 shooting of a woman in Roy, though he's appealing the matter.

In a court order signed last Friday, Judge Cristina Ortega sentenced Brayden Daniel Coles to one to 15 years imprisonment on each of three second-degree felony counts, felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. The sentences are to be served concurrently.

She also ordered that the cases on four other counts for discharge of a firearm, all class A misdemeanors, be closed with credit for time served, 381 days.

A jury found Coles, 36, guilty on March 2 after a four-day trial, and his sentencing hearing was held Aug. 13. On Saturday, Coles' attorney, Randall Marshall, filed notice his client would be appealing the jury determination and sentence.

According to the original filing papers, Coles fired a weapon toward a woman five times outside a convenience store in the 5100 block of 1900 West in Roy on Sept. 23, 2021, striking her once and injuring her on her left side near her rib cage. Coles had been inside the locale when the victim arrived.

"Brayden exits the store and was followed by the victim where the two ensued in a verbal argument in the parking lot," read the charging papers, which don't specify their relationship. The documents state he fired toward the victim three times as she stood outside her vehicle and two more times as he was leaving the location in a car driven by a female.

Authorities tracked Coles to Clinton after he fled by an ankle monitor he was wearing and arrested him. "Brayden admitted to firing the .380 at the victim following an argument," charging papers read.

Several jury trial dates were scheduled, originally in December 2022, and subsequently moved on several occasions.

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Tim Vandenack covers immigration, multicultural issues and Northern Utah for KSL. He worked several years for the Standard-Examiner in Ogden and has lived and reported in Mexico, Chile and along the U.S.-Mexico border.