LANCASTER MAN FACES PRISON IN VANDALISM.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer A Lancaster businessman who officials say vandalized a competitor's equipment faces a four-year prison term after entering a guilty plea, officials said Wednesday. In a plea bargain plea bargain n. in criminal procedure, a negotiation between the defendant and his attorney on one side and the prosecutor on the other, in which the defendant agrees to plead "guilty" or "no contest" to some crimes, in return for reduction of the severity of the , ASAP (chat) asap - As soon as possible. Commercial Services owner John Karlis pleaded guilty to one count of felony vandalism and agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to file a false police report and bribery of a witness, officials said. ``He realized that there was nowhere to run and went for the best deal he could get,'' said Deputy District Attorney John Evans John Evans may refer to:
Karlis, the owner of an industrial outdoor cleaning company, is due to be sentenced March 4. Karlis vandalized equipment belonging to AV Center Maintenance, then attempted to bribe BRIBE, crim. law. The gift or promise, which is accepted, of some advantage, as the inducement for some illegal act or omission; or of some illegal emolument, as a consideration, for preferring one person to another, in the performance of a legal act. and intimidate a witness, authorities said. ``He's just exhausted our family,'' said Cindy Hallen, who with her husband owns AV Center Maintenance. ``Their whole goal was to put us out of business.'' Karlis was already on probation after being convicted in 1995 of assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. . He and an employee used a high-power air rifle and shot out windows of homes and businesses in Lancaster. After shooting out windows, officials said, Karlis would approach business owners and attempt to intimidate them into hiring him. During the shooting spree, an air rifle pellet hit a Kentucky Fried Chicken Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. employee. Officials said that between April and May 1996, Karlis was responsible for several attempts to sabotage machinery belonging to AV Center Maintenance, including puncturing an oil filter with an ice pick, dousing a truck with an acid solution, cutting spark plug spark plug: see ignition. spark plug Device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and carries two electrodes separated by an air gap, across which current from a high-tension ignition system discharges, creating a spark wires and pouring syrup into a fuel tank. While out on bail after his May 1996 arrest in those charges, Karlis had two employees file false police reports to make it seem like his company was also a victim of vandalism, officials said. |
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