Man Convicted for Brutal Murder, Burning Body, Following Dispute
A California man, Steven Ronald Schlapia, 60, was found guilty on Wednesday for the heinous killing of Jimmy Wade Schwerdt, 47, in a dispute over a stolen motorcycle. Court documents reveal that Schlapia was convicted of first-degree murder, torture, mayhem, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, arson, possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession of ammunition. The events leading to Schwerdt’s death began on March 15, 2022, when Schlapia took Schwerdt’s motorcycle without his …