A former metal salvage and recycling yard adjacent to Jordan High School in Watts was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution after its no contest plea to five felony counts of disposal of hazardous waste without a permit, while the company’s owners were each ordered to pay a $10,500 fine and perform 200 hours of community service.

The sentence handed down by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry Bork comes about five months after S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Co. Inc. and the company’s owners, Gary Weisenberg, 79, of Encino, and his 37-year-old son Matthew reached a plea deal with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office that permanently closed the site for use as a recycling facility.

The company and its owners will be on probation for two years, with

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