High School Musical Star Jailed 9/22/08

An actor who shared the small screen alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron in Disney hit High School High School Musical has been sentenced to a year in jail after robbing a pizza shop at gunpoint.

Elijah Whitlock, who played a skater boy in the show, held up employees at Five Buck Pizza in Holladay, Utah on 15 May (08), reports the New York Post.

The 19-year-old has also been ordered to pay over $1,000 (£541) in fines and fees for the incident. According to court documents, Whitlock was accused of brandishing a revolver and escaping with an undisclosed amount of money during the robbery.