An out-of-state man who admitted to willfully vandalizing Leavenworth's Front Street Park last December has been sentenced to jail time for the crime.

The 20-day sentence was handed down to 29-year-old Zachary Soltis of Texas in Chelan County Superior Court by Judge Robert Jourdan on Monday.

Soltis's sentencing followed his guilty plea to charges of second-degree malicious mischief in connection with an incident on December 22, 2024, when he drove his pickup truck into the park and performed numerous spinouts, causing over $16,000 in damages to the city-owned property.

The wanton vandalism was recorded by numerous bystanders using cell phone cameras, and was also captured by video surveillance systems attached to businesses near the park.

Using this evidence, investigators tracked Solt

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