Local News in Brief : Toy-Gun Law Charges
In the first case brought under a recently enacted county law, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office filed charges Friday against a 19-year-old student from New York City for allegedly pointing a toy gun at passing motorists on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
Robert Kelley Wogan faces six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted under the county ordinance that makes it a misdemeanor to display a replica firearm in a rude and threatening manner. Wogan and the driver of the car in which he was riding were arrested Nov. 27 after California Highway Patrol officers responded to complaints from several motorists. Officers seized a chrome replica revolver with a four-inch barrel.
The driver of the car, Kristofer Leslie Dekoff, 18, of Malibu, was charged with possession of a false driver’s license. Both men are free on bail pending arraignment in Malibu Municipal Court.
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