Investment broker charged
By Aaron Blevins, 9/27/2012
A 58-year-old investment broker has been charged with smashing more than 75 windows in businesses and homes in Beverly Hills and along Ventura Boulevard over a six-month period, the District Attorney’s Office has announced.
Michael Steven Poret was notified to appear for arraignment on Sept. 28 in Beverly Hills Superior Court, said Deputy District Attorney Annemarie Acosta, who filed the case last week.
The Encino resident is charged with 12 total counts, including six felony counts of vandalism over $400 in damage between Jan. 27 and July 3, five counts of possession of an array of weapons and one felony count of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine.
Poret, who works for an investment bank in Beverly Hills, was first arrested July 3 by Beverly Hills police officers after he allegedly vandalized a home for the second time. He was arrested again on July 12 by LAPD officers, Acosta said.
He is suspected of using a sling shot to fire metal projectiles through dozens of windows in Beverly Hills and the San Fernando Valley, causing damage estimated between $65,000 to $125,000.
If convicted, he faces up to 10 years, eight months to be served in county jail.
Tags | Beverly Hills, Meth, Michael Poret, Vandalism
