Dennis Larsen, a Fortuna man charged for allegedly, and perhaps unwittingly, aiding his son in a foiled murder-for-hire plot, accepted a plea agreement and pleaded no contest before a Humboldt County Superior Court judge on Monday.
In addition to pleading no contest to the charge of soliciting murder, 63-year-old Larsen pleaded no contest to charges he acted as an accessory to a felony.
According to his attorney William Bragg, as part of the agreement, Larsen will receive three years probation, and no additional jail time. Each count carries a sentence of three years felony probation, which will run concurrently for a three-year total probation sentence.
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Cissna accepted the plea and ordered Larsen's release from the Humboldt County jail, where he has been held since June.
His sentencing is scheduled to take place in early January.
The agreement stipulates none of the statements Larsen made during the agreement may be used by the prosecution against his son, Chad Larsen. It also stipulates Dennis Larsen is not to contact his son until the completion of his trial....
Though the son drew his father into the plot... it seems the Dad was not going along with the plot...
...Following the third recorded conversation, (DA Chief Investigator Mike) Hislop testified that Dennis Larsen and Ray Potvin, a close friend of Chad Larsen's, drove to the Ferndale police station and reported their situation to authorities.
While Dennis Larsen and Potvin sat at the police station, a fourth call was made by (Parole officer Gregory) Allen (posing as a man named Carl Wallace) to the men. In the recording, Potvin answers the phone and tells Allen the deal is off.
The District Attorney's Office is not offering a plea bargain to Chad Larsen at this time. Chad Larsen is being held without bail, and has pleaded not guilty to his charges.
His trial is expected to begin Dec. 1.
☛ TS Chad Larsen jury trial reset 11/25/08
A jury trial for Chad Larsen, scheduled to take place Dec. 1, will be postponed again, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge ruled Monday.
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