FARMINGTON – An Industry man was sentenced Friday to serve nine months in jail for stalking a 15-year-old girl and climbing through a window to try and kiss her while she was sleeping in her bedroom.

Stephen Wing, 30, pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to a felony charge of aggravated criminal trespass and misdemeanor charges of assault and stalking.

The state dismissed charges of burglary, attempted gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact in a plea agreement.

Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson said it would have been difficult to prove to a jury that Wing entered the home with the intention of sexual assault and not just to hug and kiss the victim.

Wing was accused in September 2007 of climbing through a window of the house while the girl’s parents were not home. The parents returned unexpectedly and saw a chair outside a window and heard their daughter yelling “get off me,” Robinson said. Wing had been tickling the girl and was leaning across her trying to get on her and kiss her, he said, when a family member pulled him off and out of the bedroom.

The plea agreement was for a five-year sentence. All but nine months of it was suspended.

Robinson said the aggravating factor was that Wing was known to the family.

“He did generate a lot of focus on the 15-year-old,” Robinson said, and he did plead guilty to stalking. He had been making inappropriate comments to the teenager between June 1 and late September 2007 and at times she saw him looking in her window when she went into her bedroom, Robinson said.

The victim is supposed to have an opportunity to be safe and secure in her home and her bed, Robinson said, and now she says she doesn’t feel safe walking down the street.

She is disappointed that Wing does not have to register as a sex offender, Robinson said.

Robinson recommended Wing serve one year at a state prison and have one-on-one psychological counseling.

Wing’s attorney, Walt McKee said his client has no criminal record and was fully dressed during the entire incident. He also said he has significant ties to the community and is married and has children. He also noted that Wing is hard working.

McKee recommended that Wing serve 60 days of the sentence at the Franklin County jail in Farmington.

Justice Michaela Murphy ordered Wing to have a psychological evaluation and undergo whatever treatment is recommended. If one-on-one treatment is not available, he will have to return to court for a decision on alternative treatment. She sentenced Wing to serve nine months in the county jail and two years probation.