Report: Former Dodgers pitcher Ted Lilly pleads no contest to insurance fraud.

Ted LillyFormer Dodgers pitcher Ted Lilly will reportedly avoid jail time after entering a no contest plea in San Luis Obispo County court to charges of insurance fraud.

The San Luis Obispo Tribune reported that Lilly, 39, must pay a $2,500 fine, serve two years of informal probation and perform 250 hours of local community service, which he must complete within 12 months.

The details of the crime as described in the report are remarkably pedestrian. From the Tribune‘s report:

Lilly had faced three felony charges of filing a false insurance claim, filing a false statement in connection with an insurance claim, and concealing a material fact in connection with an insurance claim.

The [California Department of Insurance] investigation showed Lilly damaged the (recreational) vehicle in a collision and sought an estimate from a body shop on March 19, Kincaid said. That estimate was $4,600. Lilly then bought insurance from Progressive Insurance Corp. on March 24 and claimed the damage to Progressive on March 28, Kincaid said.

The arrest came as part of a Department of Insurance sweep, in which warrants were served in 22 counties and which has resulted in prosecutors filing some 200 felony counts.

Lilly was forced to retire after a series of injuries cut short his 2013 season with the Dodgers after five major-league starts. He went 24-21 with a 3.83 ERA over parts of four seasons in Los Angeles.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.