Hotel Owner Fined for Safety Violations
A Costa Mesa resident who owns a hotel in Los Angeles’ Wilmington area has been finedmore than $10,000 after pleading no contest to 10 health and safety violations at the building, authorities said.
Roy Molina Aquino, 50, was sentenced after being cited in October by the Los Angeles Slum Housing Task Force for the violations at the Don Hotel, a four-story, 128-room building at 105 E. I St., according to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office.
The violations included missing smoke detectors, exposed wiring, defective fire doors, lack of hot water and cockroach infestation, according to officials.
Aquino was also placed on three years’ probation and was given a Sept. 10 deadline to complete repairs at the hotel or face further penalties, Deputy City Atty. Lawrence P.V. Punter said.
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