Man charged with solicitation

SANDPOINT - A trial is pending for a Bonner County man accused of soliciting a sex act from a pizza delivery driver in Sandpoint earlier this summer.

Dean Francis Hapenney is accused of propositioning the 20-year-old male delivery driver at a Sandpoint hotel on June 14. He's further charged with indecent exposure.

Hapenney, 61, denied the allegations when he was questioned by a Sandpoint Police officer, court records show. He is pleading not guilty, clearing the way for a jury trial on Sept. 11 in Bonner County Magistrate Court.

The delivery driver told police he delivered a pizza to a room at the LaQuinta Inn and was greeted at the door by Hapenney, who asked him to come inside the room.

The driver said it was against company policy to enter a residence and noticed that the man was naked when he went to retrieve money to pay for the pizza, the police report said. The driver told police that Hapenney asked if would like to make an $20 by performing oral sex on him, the report said.

When the driver declined, Hapenney began touching his own genitals, according to the report. The driver left and alerted police.

Hotel staff advised that Hapenney appeared intoxicated and used a phone in the lobby to order the pizza while only wearing his undergarments, the report said.