SEPTEMBER 30--The New York man who stole a tow truck as its operator sought to repossess his vehicle--and then proceeded to crash the hot wheels into an assortment of parked cars as astonished witne
SEPTEMBER 30--The New York man who stole a tow truck as its operator sought to repossess his vehicle--and then proceeded to crash the hot wheels into an assortment of parked cars as astonished witnesses recorded the automotive mayhem--has pleaded guilty to a felony charge, records show.
In a deal with prosecutors, raging Russell Laiosa, 56, copped last week to a grand larceny charge stemming from the wild incident in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
While Laiosa initially entered a not guilty plea to a host of charges, viral videos of the tow truck heist left him bereft of a defense for his furious September 2024 rampage.
Laiosa is scheduled to be sentenced on November 3 for the third-degree felony. While the charge carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, Laiosa’s plea deal does not call for a term of incarceration. Instead, prosecutors have agreed to a sentence of three years probation and fines (and they want Laiosa to complete an anger management course).