Local News in Brief : Pandering Case Deal
Felony pandering charges against a Woodland Hills man were dropped Friday in exchange for his testimony against a man also accused of pandering in allegedly hiring people to perform sex acts for videotapes.
Under the agreement, Charles Brickman, 40, pleaded no contest in San Fernando Superior Court to one felony count of conspiracy to commit pandering. Prosecutors dropped 16 felony counts of pandering against him.
Brickman agreed to testify against Thomas Ingalls, 22, of Van Nuys, Deputy Dist. Atty. Kenneth A. Loveman said. Brickman and Ingalls were arrested by Los Angeles police and Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in June, 1986, in a Sand Canyon home where explicit sex films were being made.
Brickman agreed to the settlement after months of discussions, Loveman said, because the single conspiracy count carries a maximum sentence of eight years and no mandatory jail or prison time. If convicted of all 16 pandering counts, Brickman could have received a maximum sentence of 13 years in prison, Loveman said. In addition, the state’s pandering statute carries a mandatory prison term of at least three years.
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