Man gets house arrest for threats
A 54-year-old man was sentenced Monday to six months’ house arrest and a year of mental health counseling and substance-abuse testing after pleading guilty to threatening an advocate for seals at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla.
Kent Douglas Trego had already served nearly five months in jail since his arrest.
He admitted that he used the Internet to send messages threatening violence toward a volunteer from the Animal Protection and Rescue League who was videotaping two divers allegedly harassing seals in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
In e-mails sent in December and January, Trego said that a motorcycle gang would take revenge on the witness “very harshly.”
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-- Tony Perry
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