FARMINGTON — A Davis County man pleaded guilty this month to stalking Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall after she proposed new city flags.

Jason Guy Rogers, 45, of Farmington, pleaded guilty on Dec. 4 to stalking, a class A misdemeanor, in 2nd District Court. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 15.

Mendenhall’s office declined KSL’s request for comment in the case, saying that the mayor will address the incident after the January hearing.

Davis County prosecutors allege Rogers was behind a series of “threatening comments” on the social media platform X that started with KSL news coverage about Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall’s proposal to add three new city flags to provide a way for the city continue to fly LGBTQ and Juneteenth flags after the state’s new flag law

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