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August 8, 2007
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http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=34394

DELGADILLO SECURES ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR ADL-LA FOR PROBATION VIOLATIONS
Crime Blotter
August 7, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo today announced
that his office has secured additional penalties against the Animal Defense
League-Los Angeles (ADL-LA) for violating terms and conditions of a current
probation.

ADL-LA was determined by Judge Stuart M. Rice to have committed three
separate violations of its probation stemming from a May 2007 conviction for
actions related to the harassment and intimidation of City employees. The
terms of the 36 month probation placed on ADL-LA in May 2007 restrict the
organization's officers, directors, members or agents from annoying,
harassing, threatening, stalking, or committing any act of force or violence
against employees of the City's Department of Animal Services named in the
plea agreement.

After three days of testimony and the submission of briefs, Judge Rice found
ADL-LA guilty of committing two violations of its probation by engaging in
targeted protesting and unlawfully using amplified sound at the home of Ed
Boks, the general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services,
on June 2. ADL-LA was also found guilty of having committed a third
violation of its probation by unlawfully using amplified sound while
protesting at the home of Maria Blackman, the ex-wife of Deputy Mayor Jimmy
Blackman, on June 16. ADL-LA was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, plus penalty
assessments, and was also instructed that certain images of Los Angeles
Department of Animal Services officials be removed from an official ADL-LA
website according to Deputy City Attorney Spencer Hart who handled the case.
A progress report date has been set for August 31, 2007.