Last Bronner's suspect takes a plea deal
by Jenny Suniga
Posted: 08.04.2011 at 10:46 PM

Twenty-one year old Nicolas Bright, the last of five young men that vandalized Bronner's Chistmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth Christmas morning, accepted a plea deal Thrusday.

Bright, along with four others, trashed dozens of figurines at the renowed Christmas store causing more than $18,000 in damages. Bright admitted to be the lookout guy while his friends took bats to the figurines.

In exchange for Bright's guilty plea to malicious destruction of property less than $20,000, prosecutors dropped a charge of malicious destruction over $20,000.

Ryan Buchler, Brandon Dean, and Samuel and Caleb Quintanilla pleaded to the same charges in March. They were ordered to spend the summer in jail and three years probation.

Frankenmuth residents told NBC25 they are still disturbed by the crime and feel all men should do jail time.

"I think they deserve to be in jail so they can see how hard it is in there and then they'll say 'why did I do this and did I deserve to go to jail for no reason,'" said Frankenmuth resident Rebecca Landin.

"I think these kids had nothing better to do, so they go and destroy what's beautiful for people. I think they should be punished," said Landin's grandmother Anna Schillinger.

Bright's bond was revoked and he was remanded back to jail. He is scheduled for sentencing September 15th.