Man Pleads No Contest in Window-Breaking Spree
A former employee of a North Hollywood glass shop charged with breaking numerous shop windows on Ventura Boulevard during a four-month vandalism spree pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of felony vandalism.
Richard Joseph Angona, 39, of Woodland Hills, also agreed to pay $15,000 for the windows he was charged with breaking. He could face up to a year in jail when he is sentenced April 3.
Angona was arrested Jan. 9 after an investigation by Los Angeles police into a long-running vandalism problem in which 367 Ventura Boulevard shop windows had been shattered since July. He was charged with five counts of vandalism stemming from incidents between October and January in which 32 windows were shattered. Police said Angona is suspected of breaking at least 50 other windows but charges were not filed in those cases.
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