Landlord Fined $1,760 for 3 Bootleg Offenses
A Hermosa Beach landlord who had been charged with a dozen violations of the city’s bootleg apartment ordinance pleaded no contest this week to three of the charges and was fined $1,760 and placed on one year’s probation.”
Edward Roszyk, the first person to be prosecuted in a crackdown that Hermosa Beach launched last year, waited until a jury was about to be chosen to agree to a plea bargain, said Deputy City Prosecutor Gregory P. Palmer.
In exchange for Roszyk’s no-contest plea and his agreement to bring the three properties up to code by July 23, the rest of the charges were dismissed, Palmer said.
Roszyk was to have gone on trial Wednesday after dodging authorities in Hermosa Beach for several years, Palmer said. Roszyk has refused to comment on the case and could not be reached for comment later.
Palmer said arraignments are pending against at least three other landlords in similar cases.
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