Irvine : Police Chief’s Son Sentenced, Released
The 30-year-old son of Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates has been found not guilty of burglary but guilty of unauthorized entry into his sister’s Irvine home last November.
Superior Court Judge Richard W. Luesebrink sentenced Lowell Scott Gates to six months in jail after Wednesday’s conviction, then set him free after giving him credit for time served and good behavior while awaiting trial.
Luesebrink also dismissed a charge of grand theft after jurors could not agree on a verdict on that charge.
Gates entered the home of his sister and her husband last November and took a gold coin and bracelet. He pawned them but said he had planned to buy them back and return them to his sister.
In 1985, Gates pleaded guilty to robbery and felony theft in connection with the theft of morphine-based narcotics from a Huntington Harbour pharmacy. He was sentenced to a year in jail and three years’ probation.
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