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**Friday night on Eyewitness News at 10, Scott Haws sits down and talks one on one with Super Dell Schanze. Tune in for a look at a day in the life of one of Utah's most eccentric and outspoken businessmen.**Richard Piatt Reporting
Super Dell Schanze's criminal case is over. For Schanze it's good and bad news.
Dell Schanze is elated that a jury voted 'Not guilty' to the official charge, threatening to use a weapon during a fight. But he's still angry over media coverage of his case.
Dell Schanze, Defendant: "Why don't you report the positive side of the story? Why don't you report that a carry conceal permit holder defended himself and it ended peacefully?"
All along, Schanze said he pulled his gun because he felt threatened that day, about a year ago. Three men confronted Schanze about speeding through their Draper neighborhood. Tempers rose. Schanze said he reacted to one of the men picking up a rock.
For the jury, Schanze's response was not unreasonable.
Ed Shimizu, Jury Foreman: "Well, the witnesses we heard in court, none of them really said they were threatened. One of them said they sort of felt threatened."
Before the trial, Schanze pleaded a reckless driving charge down to speeding. After the trial, the jury found him guilty of making a false statement to police about the gun, which he later cleared up.
Dell Schanze: "I slipped it out of my pocket when I felt my life was in imminent danger and held it behind me."
Schanze still blames the media coverage of his case for putting Totally Awesome Computers out of business. And he's not giving up his legal fight either, planning an appeal as soon as possible.
Schanze could face a year in prison. His attorney doubts he'll spend any time, there.
