A man convicted of molesting a University of Hawaii student in her dorm room in 2007 pleaded no contest yesterday to another sex crime, in Waikíkí, that was solved by a DNA match.

Mark Heath, a former Schofield Barracks soldier, will be sentenced for a series of crimes in January by Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario.

Heath, 22, pleaded guilty in May 2008 to sexually assaulting a UH student and burglarizing three dormitory rooms on the Mänoa campus in August and November 2007.

After Heath admitted to the UH crimes, police took a DNA sample from him that was later matched with evidence in the April 7, 2007, sex assault of a Waikíkí woman in her Ala Wai Boulevard apartment.

Heath pleaded no contest in that case last year, later withdrew the plea but re-entered it yesterday morning.

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thalia Murphy said she will seek a 60-year prison term for Heath.