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Long before he found fame riding alongside fellow 70’s heartthrob Erik Estrada in the hit TV series “CHiPs”, Larry Wilcox took on a very different role, one far less glamorous and that won him few fans. In May of 1967, the then 19-year-old, knowing the draft was looming, followed in his older brother’s footsteps and joined the Marine Corps. His unit, the 12th Marines, fought in Vietnam in the I Corps which ranged in areas from Dong Ha to the DMZ and Con Thien, and eventually, the Tet Offensive. “We were a recon survey team which was inserted by helicopter...

<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (AP) - Larry Wilcox, who played a California highway officer in the 1970s TV series “CHiPs,” is scheduled to be sentenced in a Florida federal court on a securities fraud conviction.</p>

One of the actors in the 1970s hit television show "CHiPS" is accused of being part of a stock fraud scheme, authorities said Thursday. Larry Wilcox, who played motorcycle officer Jon Baker, was one of 12 people charged in the scheme, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said.

The Securities and Exchange Commission just charged Wilcox and more than a dozen others with allegedly manipulating the volume and price of penny stocks to illegally generate stock sales. Translation: Wilcox and the others allegedly set up a phony company to generate bogus stock sales. This is not a criminal charge. The SEC is asking for an injunction against Wilcox and some of the others, as well as financial penalties.

It's about time this show comes out on DVD... It has been over 20 years since viewers were captured by the adventures of two state motorcycle patrolmen, but now Jon Baker and Frank "Ponch" Poncharello have returned to entertain us once again with Warner Home Video's (WHV) release of CHiPs: The Complete First Season on June 5, 2007 for $39.98 SRP. The exciting action series which aired for six seasons on NBC starred Erik Estrada ("Ponch"), Larry Wilcox ("Jon Baker") and Robert Pine ("Sgt. Joseph Getraer") and had its fair share of multiple car pile-ups, high speed chases, hijacker plots...

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