A Mecosta County man convicted of breaking into a convenience store in Barryton back in August is heading to jail for at least the next two and a half years.

23-year old Shane Allen Hunt of Barryton was sentenced this week in Mecosta Co. Circuit Court for crimes connected to the break-in of the Hometown Riverside Grocery.

Hunt took a plea deal from prosecutors and pleaded guilty on one count of breaking and entering with intent and one count of safe breaking.

Prosecutors dismissed two other charges against him as part of the deal.