Local News in Brief : Jail Term in Cross Burning
A white Canyon Country man was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 30 days of community service and three years’ probation Tuesday for burning a six-foot wooden cross on the lawn of a black Saugus teen-ager’s house.
Kory William Lindner, 19, also was fined $112.50 for the Feb. 7 incident. He pleaded no contest to misdemeanor terrorism earlier this month in Municipal Court in Newhall.
Lindner was arrested in May with two juveniles for burning the cross at the home of Hugo and Jan Heerman, who are white. Their adopted son, Joe Green Heerman, 14, is black.
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