Oct. 24 – A Dayton man was sentenced to at least three years in prison for shooting into a neighbor’s home over a $20 debt.
Camron Belton, 20, was sentenced by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Steven Dankof to three to four and a half years in prison, to run concurrently with an 18-month prison sentence he received in a separate case in which he was charged with carrying concealed weapons.
Dankof also ordered that the weapon Belton used in the shooting, a Glock pistol, be forfeited.
Belton was charged following an incident on August 27, when police were called to the first block of South Trenton Street for a reported shooting around 9 p.m.
Dayton Police Sgt. Gordon Cairns said police discovered a man, otherwise identified as Belton, came to the house with a $20 debt, broke windows and fired gunshots at the house, hitting one of the residents.
The victim said Belton stuck his head and body through the broken window and threatened to kill him before stepping back, according to an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court. The victim then reported hearing gunshots through the front door and feeling a burning sensation in his back.
Cairns said the gunshot wound was a minor injury.
Police received a description of the suspect, as well as his identity and address, which was an apartment a few doors away. Police and SWAT responded to the apartment and tried to call Belton using loudspeakers and sirens, but he did not respond, Cairns said.
Family members emerged from the apartment and confirmed Belton was inside, Cairns said, and the standoff ended a few hours later when police obtained an arrest warrant and fired pepper balls into the apartment. Belton surrendered without further incident.
Belton is currently in the Montgomery County Jail.
