2 SNOWBOARDERS MUST PAY $7,000 FOR RESCUE.Byline: Peter Hartlaub Daily News Staff Writer Two men who were lost overnight in the San Gabriel Mountains San Gabriel Mountains, S Calif., E and NE of Los Angeles, running c.50 mi (80 km) westward from Cajon Pass. San Antonio Peak (10,080 ft/3,072 m) is the highest of the range. Citrus fruits are raised on the southern foothills. and later convicted of snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon out of bounds were ordered Tuesday to pay $7,000 toward the cost of their rescue. Claudio Maluje, 28, of North Hollywood and Patrick Jenks, 24, of Glendale are believed to be the first Californians to be prosecuted in an effort to recover the cost of their rescue. Maluje and Jenks got lost during an El Nino storm in February after they made a wrong turn off a Snow Crest Ski Resort trail. On July 2, a jury found them guilty of a misdemeanor charge of being out of bounds. A week later, they were fined $405 each and placed on probation for two years. At a restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the hearing Tuesday, Glendale Municipal Court Judge Barbara Burke Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (born 13 May, 1917) is a former British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates ordered the two men to pay $3,500 each for their rescue, Deputy District Attorney Lonnie Felker said. The judge said she will lift their probation after they pay restitution, Felker said. Before trial, prosecutors priced the rescue at $23,600, including $7,500 for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. helicopter ride alone. Maluje and Jenks each denied any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do , claiming the ski
resort was poorly marked and they didn't know they went out of
bounds.
Sheriff's Department officials have said that snowboarders, skiers and hikers who don't break the law will continue to be rescued free of charge. |
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