The Region - News from July 5, 1985

A Los Angeles computer programmer was convicted of one count of computer crime stemming from what authorities have described as an attempt to sabotage his former firm’s computer system. Dennis Lee Williams, 33, authorities said, set up a “logic bomb” in the computer system of Collins Foods International Inc., a Los Angeles-based firm that owns and operates more than 200 Sizzler steakhouses and Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises. Williams could face up to three years in prison when sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Parker on July 31. The jury could not reach a verdict on one count of computer crime against co-defendant Michael Scott Lampert. Both men were found not guilty of one count each of computer crime and conspiracy to commit computer crime.