Man Sentenced for Killing Rabbits
A Granada Hills man was sentenced Thursday to 20 days of community service and two years probation for killing four rabbits in Sepulveda Dam Wildlife Refuge, and his companion was sentenced to one year on probation and a $150 fine for trespassing, authorities said.
Van Nuys Municipal Judge Alan Ellis ordered 20-year-old Karen Akopyan to work on a Caltrans cleanup crew after Akopyan pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges, said Don Cocek, the deputy city attorney who prosecuted the case.
Alfred Davtyan, 24, of Northridge, who had accompanied Akopyan, pleaded no contest to trespassing in a city park, Cocek said.
Both men were ordered to stay away from the wildlife refuge while they are on probation, according to the city attorney’s office.
Cocek said that when Los Angeles city park rangers found them in the wildlife refuge about 3:30 a.m. July 14, Akopyan had an air rifle and four dead rabbits.
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