The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, September 19, 2008
From "Warrior" to jailbird
Dutch Elijah Whitlock has had a walk-on role in "High School Musical" and played one of two dorky knights in a Utah anti-smoking ad campaign.

His new role: Jail inmate.

Whitlock, 19, was sentenced to a year in jail - and more than $1,000 in fines and fees - for robbing a Holladay pizza parlor at gunpoint last May, the Salt Lake Tribune reported today. He's already served 117 days in jail, and the judge also gave him 3 years' probation and ordered him to get substance-abuse treatment.

According to charging documents, Whitlock brandished a revolver at the Five Buck Pizza and escaped with some cash. A Five Buck employee recognized Whitlock, who used to work there.

Whitlock had a lead role as Svarnik, one of the "Warriors Against Tobacco" in a now-defunct and really lame ad campaign. Here's a video of Svarnik (he's the blond one) and Byll, ironically, getting arrested.


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