(05/08/17) - A former GOP candidate for the state house has avoided prison time after he was convicted for his compulsive behavior.

Twenty-six-year-old Jordan Haskins has prior convictions for breaking into cars and then committing the act of "cranking".

“I would just like to take full responsibility for my actions,” Haskins said in court.

Those actions committed by Haskins included breaking into a Saginaw County-owned maintenance truck in November and committing the act of "cranking", where a person removes the spark plug wires to make the vehicle run rough for sexual gratification.

Haskins dropped out of as the republican candidate for a state house seat in 2014 when news broke of his prior convictions for the same type of acts, but got back in the race and lost.

Attorney Jim Hession worried his client may go to prison Monday.

“I had some concerns,” he said.

Hession says Haskins plead guilty to this crime, and another one, which included breaking into the body shop of a Saginaw-area car dealership and taking four vehicles for joyrides.

A preliminary evaluation indicated that Judge Robert Kaczmarek was leaning toward a long-term probation sentence with mental health treatment, but Hession says the Department of Corrections has guidelines which recommended prison time for Haskins.

“There was some indications in the pre-sentencing investigation report that this conduct we are aware of here in Michigan had also gone on in North Carolina,” Hession said.

In the end, Kaczmarek decided to pass on the prison time, ordering Haskins to five years of probation and he must undergo mental health treatment.

“In this instance, nobody was injured, it is compulsive-type behavior which will be addressed through mental health treatment,” Hession said.

In court, Haskins apologized to his victims.

“I still have a lot of high aspirations for my life and I would like to get back into school and press on to see what God has for me,” he said.