East County organization operator will get probation for tussle with regional media

EL CAJON, Calif. (CNS) – A La Mesa enterprise owner was sentenced to a two-12 months probation term Wednesday stemming from a scuffle with members of the area media in front of his apparel retail store.

Peter Carzis, 77, pleaded responsible very last month to felony vandalism in link with the January 2020 encounter with reporters who attempted to interview him outside the house his business with regards to an alleged recording of him fondling a girl outdoors the retail store.

Information crews collected at Peter’s Men’s Apparel on La Mesa Boulevard to check out to get a reaction from the defendant with regards to the recorded incident, which was posted on the “La Mesa Happenings” Facebook website page.

Video shot by area information outlets confirmed him cursing at reporters, shoving a cameraman and slapping a telephone out of a reporter’s hand ahead of going for walks back again into his keep. No accidents ended up described, but Carzis induced “irreparable damage” to the videographer’s digicam, valued at about $7,000, in accordance to La Mesa police.

He may perhaps nevertheless be necessary to fork out for the digital camera, while the restitution problem was not addressed at Wednesday’s sentencing hearing.