LOGAN — A 47-year-old Taylor man has admitted to breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Logan residence to secretly install a network of trail cameras and listening devices.
According to court records, Curtis Sims McInelly appeared Sept. 21 in Logan’s First District Court. He accepted a plea deal, pleading guilty to burglary of a dwelling, a second-degree felony, and stalking a current or former cohabitant, a third-degree felony. Six remaining charges were dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
According to prosecutors, the victim initially reported finding a hidden motion-sensor trail camera inside her home in mid-January. Her family member pulled the camera’s SD card and discovered footage showing McInelly planting the device.
The woman told Logan City police officers she and McInelly dated for up to two years before breaking up around October, and she had seen him at a dance in Salt Lake City in December but ignored him. She stated McInelly never lived with her, and while he had returned a key to her home following their breakup, she believed he had made a copy.
Subsequent searches by the victim’s family and police uncovered a total of nine devices hidden in and around the property. Police seized three exterior trail cameras — one of which appeared to be transmitting a live feed — three interior trail cameras, and three audio recording devices. Some listening devices were affixed under furniture, including under the victim’s bed.
The affidavit states police reviewed footage from the labeled SD cards and observed McInelly entering the victim’s residence multiple times between Jan. 6 and Jan. 13. In one interior video from Jan. 15, the victim was recorded walking topless in her kitchen area. The victim told police she believed McInelly used the live-feed camera to learn her new school schedule and coordinate his break-ins while she was away.
According to court records, McInelly is currently out of jail on $30,000 bail. He is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 9.