Man Given 6 Months for Spitting on Denny : Courts: He will serve the sentence concurrently with a two-year term for assaulting a motorist.

One of five men accused in the attacks on Reginald O. Denny during the riots was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison.

Anthony Lamar Brown, 24, had pleaded guilty to spitting at Denny as well as assaulting motorist Manuel Vaca at Florence and Normandie avenues last April 29.

Brown struck a plea bargain in early February just as his trial was about to begin, agreeing to serve a two-year term for assault, according to his attorney, Leonard Chaitin.

In Tuesday’s hearing before Superior Court Judge Paul Flynn, Deputy Dist. Atty. Larry Morrison asked that six additional months be added to Brown’s prison term for the misdemeanor battery charge of spitting on Denny.

Flynn handed down a six-month sentence for the spitting but ordered that it be served concurrently with the two-year sentence for assault. Brown must also pay $200 to a victim’s restitution fund.

Brown, who police say goes by the nickname “Ant Dog,” was outraged when he heard the not guilty verdicts in the Rodney G. King beating case on television, according to statements made to officers in a confession last year. He left his house and wandered over to Florence and Normandie to see about unrest there. After Denny was beaten and lay helpless on the ground, Brown spit on him, authorities say.

At the sentencing hearing, Chaitin told the court that Brown’s spitting was an attack on Denny’s dignity, but “there was no harm done to Mr. Denny” by the act. Later, he added: “Brown was in effect saying ‘I see what happened to you (Denny) and good for you.’ ”

Brown did not speak at the hearing, but Chaitin apologized on his behalf.

The others accused of attacking Denny are Damian Williams, 19; Henry Watson, 27, and Antoine Miller, 20, whose trial on charges of attempted murder, aggravated mayhem and robbery may begin next month. Lance Parker, 27, accused of shooting at the gas tank of the truck Denny was driving, will be tried separately and faces a pretrial hearing April 15.