Another 'Amish Mafia' cast member in legal trouble as Discovery orders 2nd season
  • Alvin Stoltfus Lantz, top right, has pleaded no contest to DUI charges in Florida.

By STAFF
Sarasota
Updated Mar 04, 2013 12:41

The "Amish Mafia" series might be fake, as some viewers suggest. But the legal troubles surrounding its cast are not.

Another "Amish Mafia" cast member is in trouble with the law.

Alvin Stoltfus Lantz, 30, has pleaded no contest to DUI charges in Sarasota, Fla., according to the Herald-Tribune newspaper. He lost his driver's license for six months and was ordered to pay a $500 fine. He's on probation for a year.

Lantz plays the part of an assistant to "Amish Mafia" star Levi King Stoltzfus, or Lebanon Levi. According to police reports cited by the newspaper, Lantz was clocked at 56 mph in a 35 mph zone and between 70 mph and 80 mph in a 45 mph zone on Nov. 30.

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Law enforcement officials in Sarasota County noted that, once stopped, Lantz "inexplicably closed the fly on his pants" and his groin was wet. He was earing a white T-shirt, jeans and black boots, according to the Herald-Tribune.

He later told a deputy that he's a "television star."

Lantz is the second sidekick to Lebanon Levi to face legal problems recently.

In February, "Amish Mafia" cast member John F. Schmucker was nabbed by a state constable here on criminal charges dating to 2008. Court records show Schmucker had been avoiding criminal charges — five counts of driving under suspension and misdemeanor hit-and-run — since 2008.

News of the arrests appears to have had no impact on production of the show.

TV Guide reports that Discovery has ordered up a second season of "Amish Mafia." The cable network is set to air eight more hour-long episodes later this year.

Filming has been ongoing in Lancaster County, with the season two premiere tenatively slated for early March.

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