SAN FERNANDO : Cousin of King Sentenced for Riot Curfew Violation
A teen-age cousin of Rodney G. King pleaded no contest Friday in San Fernando Municipal Court to a misdemeanor charge of a curfew violation and was sentenced to 20 days of community service work for the California Department of Transportation and two years of probation.
Briget A. Barnes, 19, who is a cousin of King by marriage, was arrested with her 17-year-old sister during last month’s rioting. Police said the two were among four young women arrested after a brief car chase that began when police surprised looters at a Northridge department store. Briget’s sister was booked on burglary charges.
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