text: A former TV pitchman in Utah known for his over-the-top personality pleaded guilty to harassing a barn owl in flight while on a motorized paraglider. Dell 'Super Dell' Schanze, 45, was sentenced to one year of probation on Friday after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. His admission of guilt follows a plea deal that fell through on Thursday after he refused to admit to the 2011 crime which he said makes him look like an evil, horrible person. However, he returned to a federal court on Friday to plead guilty. Schanze was scheduled to go to trial on April 20 and would have faced a maximum of one year in federal prison and more than $100,000 in fines if convicted. Dell 'Super Dell' Schanze arrives for a court appearance at the federal courthouse on Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Salt Lake City where a plea deal fell through because he refused to admit to the 2011 crime. On Friday, he returned to the court to plead guilty . On Friday, Schanze pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird . 'There was no plea agreement, and federal prosecutors made no concessions to Schanze as a part of his guilty plea to both counts,' according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office, KSL reported. The charges, filed in October 2014, came after a federal investigation into a video that surfaced online in 2013. It appeared to show a paraglider near Utah Lake kicking a soaring owl and boasting about it. In a statement released from the attorney's it said Schanze will forfeit an orange parasail as a substitute asset for the paraglider involved in the illegal conduct. 'Judge Benson also ordered him not to land a paraglider in a federally designated Wilderness Area or in any area closed to motorized access by a federal agency,' the statement said. On Thursday, Schanze who is known in Utah for his shrill, hyperactive TV commercials for his Totally Awesome Computers retail chain, yet again turned a court hearing into a spectacle. It started when he arrived about five minutes late and entered court wearing dark sunglasses, a tight-fitting black turtleneck, tennis shoes and a fanny pack. When U.S. District Judge Dee Benson began reading through the plea deal, Schanze answered 'yes sir' to the first few questions but then balked after Benson asked him if it was true that he knowingly harassed the owl in 2011. Schanze was sentenced to one year of probation and has to forfeit an orange parasail as a substitute asset for the paraglider involved in the illegal conduct (above Schanze pictured in May 2006) Schanze responded 'No sir.' 'I'm going to go out on a limb here, what part isn't true?' Benson said. 'Pretty much all of it, but I'm willing to plea to it if we can finish this today,' Schanze said. The judge explained to Schanze that he could not accept a plea deal without an admission to the facts. His attorney, Kent Hart, spoke with him several times and the judge at one point brought both attorneys to the bench. 'Do you not see the conundrum?' Schanze told the judge. 'I'm not an evil, horrible guy and I'm not going to lie.' Schanze never budged refusing to accept the facts, and Benson ended the hearing and ordered the case to trial beginning on April 20 before he pleaded guilty on Friday. Thursday was also not the first time Schanze has made a sideshow out of a court hearing. At his initial appearance in December, he was handcuffed and briefly held in contempt after being disruptive and combative with a federal judge. During that hearing, he was placed in handcuffs in a Salt Lake City courtroom after he stood up and interrupted a judge at another man's hearing. U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells had told that man he would have to surrender any weapons as part of his release. Speaking loudly from the front row, Schanze declared it was unconstitutional to take the man's guns. Wells ordered U.S. marshals to handcuff Schanze and escort him out. Charges against Schanze came in 2014 after a federal investigation into a video that surfaced online in 2013 and appeared to show a paraglider near Utah Lake kicking a soaring owl and boasting about it . Schanze is known in Utah for his shrill, hyperactive TV commercials for his Totally Awesome Computers retail chain . In 2006, Schanze shut down his Totally Awesome Computers stores amid sinking sales and legal troubles. He has since run for political office, including a Libertarian bid for governor. Schanze's paragliding has run afoul of the law before. In 2006, he was charged with disorderly conduct after flying low near Interstate 15 at rush hour. He kissed the feet of a fan who paid his $300 fine in the case. Five years later, Schanze was arrested in Oregon after allegedly jumping off the 125-foot-tall Astoria Column. He said outside the jail the government was stifling his creativity. His other legal troubles include a 2005 conviction for lying to officers after prosecutors said he brandished a gun at Draper residents angry that he'd sped through their neighborhood. Four years later, Schanze was sentenced to ten days in jail after police stopped him for weaving in and out of traffic. Prosecutors say his children weren't wearing seatbelts, and Schanze was carrying a loaded gun in his fanny pack without a permit. Schanze (pictured above in 2010) shut down his stores in 2006 amid sinking sales and legal troubles .
target: Dell Schanze, 45, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts, knowingly using an aircraft to harass wildlife and pursuing a migratory bird .
  He was sentenced on Friday to one year of probation in federal court .
  On Thursday, a plea deal fell through after he refused to admit to the 2011 crime which he said made him look like an evil, horrible person .
  Schanze is known in Utah for his shrill, hyperactive TV commercials for his Totally Awesome Computers retail chain .