Family bailed man out of jail for dental work

PROVO — A man recently convicted of a felony DUI bailed out of jail a month before his sentencing not to run, but to get his teeth worked on.

Robert J. Kent VanDyke, 42, walked into Provo's 4th District Court Wednesday afternoon, silencing speculation that his family had bailed him out of the Utah County Jail Saturday morning with a $100,000 cashier's check so he could flee.

During his four days of freedom, VanDyke got nearly $1,500 worth of dental work done on two broken teeth that his family said the jail didn't want to fix, just pull out.

After hearing arguments on whether bail should continue, Judge Claudia Laycock ruled that given VanDyke's seven prior DUI and one automobile homicide convictions, he must stay in jail until his May 28 sentencing.