A Forest Grove man stole $700 his daughter earned selling Girl Scout cookies, used that money to finance an erotic massage and staged a burglary at his home to cover up the theft, authorities say.

Brian David Couture was sentenced Monday to 18 months of probation, 80 hours of community service and restitution as part of a plea deal, according to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office. He was also hit with a $100 fine, prosecutors said.

Couture initially told authorities someone had broken into his home in the 1000 block of Willamina Avenue and assaulted him, according to the district attorney’s office. Officers found the home had been ransacked and saw blood “strewn about,” prosecutors said.

Couture had injured himself, and the blood was “almost certainly” his, said Deputy District Attorney Thomas Belesiu.

Couture’s work laptop was also damaged, and about $700 was missing from a jar holding his daughter’s cookie earnings, according to prosecutors.

Investigators found inconsistencies in his story and challenged it. Couture eventually told police he stole the money to pay for the erotic massage and then “faked the robbery when he realized he couldn’t explain the missing funds,” according to prosecutors.

-- Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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