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A Glendale, CA, man pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony count of vandalism for smashing President Donald Trumps star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a pickaxe in July.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger immediately sentenced Austin Mikel Clay, 24, to 20 days community labor and three years probation, along with ordering him to attend psychological counseling and to pay more than $9,400 in restitution to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, according to Paul Eakins of the Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office.
Clay was given credit for one day he had served in jail after his arrest early July 25. Clay used a pickaxe to smash Trumps star early that morning, but subsequently surrendered at Beverly Hills police headquarters.
It was the second time Trumps star was vandalized in less than two years. In October 2016 a man dressed as a construction worker smashed the star with a pickaxe and sledgehammer. James Otis pleaded no contest to felony vandalism in February 2017 and was sentenced to three years probation, 20 days of community service and agreed to pay $4,400 for the damage.
https://www.dailynews.com/2018/11/07/glendale-man-who-vandalized-trumps-hollywood-star-is-sentenced-to-labor-probation/
rzemanfl
(29,557 posts)Cha
(297,229 posts)help, STAT.
Harker
(14,018 posts)Wow.
ansible
(1,718 posts)They really threw the book at him
Harker
(14,018 posts)I wonder if destroying Richard Widmark's star would've resulted in the same sentence.
elmac
(4,642 posts)mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)I'd gladly chip in something on his behalf.