LOCAL : Midnight Duck Hunters Arrested

Two men on a midnight duck hunt were arrested early today for firing at birds in a protected wildlife area in Marina del Rey, authorities said. No fowl were harmed.

Sean Burns Jackson, 26, and Richard Theodore Arellano, 20, both of Redding, face charges of firing a gun in a negligent manner, possessing loaded firearms in a vehicle and cruelty to animals, Sheriff’s Deputy Gabe Ramirez said.

The men were booked and jailed on $5,000 bail each.

Sheriff’s deputies received a call from an area resident at 2 a.m. that two men were shooting at ducks at a pond near Admiralty Park, Ramirez said. When deputies arrived, the men fled in a pickup truck but were arrested eight blocks away.

Deputies found two rifles and a shotgun in their truck, he said. The suspects admitted that they had been shooting at ducks, Ramirez said.