A Butler man was given a prison sentence and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to his grandparents for stealing from their retirement and bank accounts.

Erik Stephen Cupps, 34, was sentenced Thursday, March 30, in Butler County Common Pleas Court to serve nine to 23 months in the county prison followed by 155 months of probation and ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution to his grandparents.

Cupps pleaded guilty to felony charges of theft by deception and access device fraud and a misdemeanor charge of tampering with records that state police filed in August 2021.