Ex-Hawthorne mayor pleads guilty to stealing food mixer

The former mayor of Hawthorne pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing a commercial-grade food mixer from the local school district where he worked, a theft that was captured on a video surveillance camera, authorities said.

Larry Guidi pleaded guilty to a single felony count of grand theft in Superior Court and was sentenced to one-year probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service, according to Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

At the time of his 2010 arrest, Guidi –- long a polarizing figure in city politics -– reportedly told police that he wanted the kitchen device for mixing pizza dough for the large weekend backyard parties he enjoyed throwing for friends and family….