article_snippet.sent: A former TV pitchman in Utah known for He over-the-top personality pleaded guilty to harassing a barn owl in flight while on a motorized paraglider.
article_snippet.sent: Dell 'Super Dell' Schanze, 45, was sentenced to one year of probation on Friday after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
article_snippet.sent: Schanze was scheduled to go to trial on April 20 and would have faced a maximum of one year in federal prison and more than $100,000 in fines if convicted.
article_snippet.sent: Super Dell' Schanze arrives for a court appearance at the federal courthouse on Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Salt Lake City where a plea deal fell through because He refused to admit to the 2011 crime.
article_snippet.sent: On Friday, Schanze pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird . '
article_snippet.sent: There was no plea agreement, and federal prosecutors made no concessions to Schanze as a part of He guilty plea to two misdemeanor counts,' according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office, KSL reported.
article_snippet.sent: The charges, filed in October 2014, came after a federal investigation into a video that surfaced online in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Schanze never budged refusing to accept the facts, and Judge Benson ended the hearing and ordered the case to trial beginning on April 20 before Judge Benson pleaded guilty on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: Thursday was also not the first time Schanze has made a sideshow out of a court hearing.
article_snippet.sent: Schanze has since run for political office, including a Libertarian bid for governor.
article_snippet.sent: Five years later, Schanze was arrested in Oregon after allegedly jumping off the 125-foot-tall Astoria Column.
article_snippet.sent: Four years later, Schanze was sentenced to ten days in jail after police stopped Schanze for weaving in and out of traffic.
highlights_snippet.sent: Dell Schanze, 45, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird .
  