‘The Sandlot’ actor, Michael Anthony Vitar, is accused of beating up a 22-year-old man who was handing out candy.
The Sandlot will probably go down in history as one of the best cult-classic coming of age stories in the the last twenty years. But, one of the stars of the classic baseball film has been charged with assaulting a man on Halloween and is currently facing four years in prison if he is convicted of the crime.
According to reports, former actor, Michael Anthony Vitar, who played Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez (aka Benny the Jet) in the 1993, was charged Tuesday with “one count of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury” following an assault that took place on Halloween.
Apparently, Vitar, who is now a firefighter, was walking down the street with his Thomas Molnar and Eric Carpenter, fellow LA firefighters when they saw the victim handing out candy. They allegedly chased him down and jumped him before Carpenter allegedly choked the victim.
The two firefighters have been placed on paid administrative leave pending a criminal investigation. If convicted, Carpenter will be charged with “personally inflicting great bodily injury,” and faces up to seven years in state prison. Vitar and Molnar face up to four years each in state prison.
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