LOS ANGELES — Austin Mikel Clay was charged Monday with vandalizing Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by smashing it with a pickax. The 24-year-old Glendale man faces up to three years in state prison if convicted of felony vandalism.
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