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A 37-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to three years probation and 60 days house arrest for firing a shotgun at a group of men he thought were drug dealers and who refused to leave the
yard of his Panorama City home. Richard Charles Alford also received a one-year suspended jail sentence and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and undergo psychological counseling. His house
arrest will be monitored by electronic surveillance equipment. Alford pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon at a pretrial hearing May 20. Last Sept. 4, he fired a 12-gauge shotgun
at the men when they refused to leave his yard, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Lloyd Nash. Alford, who has moved to Burbank since the incident, could have received a maximum sentence of seven years
in state prison. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge C. Bernard Kaufman said he granted a lighter sentence because Alford had no criminal record and the victims, Rogelio Salas, 20, and Marvin
Garcia, 21, both of Panorama City, suffered only minor injuries. Nash argued for a heavier sentence because Alford fired into a group of people. MORE TO READ
