GLENDALE : Youth Gets 180 Days in Jail in Spray-Painting of Church
A San Gabriel teen-ager convicted of spray-painting satanic symbols on a Glendale church was sentenced Tuesday to 180 days in jail and three years probation.
Philip Michael Dunigan, 18, was also ordered to pay $327 to repair damage caused in the Feb. 26 desecration of the First United Methodist Church on North Kenwood Avenue, and to perform 50 hours of community service, according to Deputy Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Ellen Aragon.
Dunigan was originally charged with three felony counts but pleaded guilty to only one in a plea bargain with prosecutors.
“He seemed chagrined and remorseful when we took the plea,†Aragon said. “He was given a stern lecture from the judge and was very respectful.â€
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