The owners of a recycling plant accused of exposing South L.A. high school students to toxic waste and metal projectiles for decades will spend several days in jail after a judge determined they violated a court order.
Matthew Weisenberg and Gary Weisenberg, the owners of S&W Atlas Iron & Metal, were handcuffed and led away from a downtown L.A. courtroom Thursday morning after Superior Court Judge Terry Bork found they have continued to pose a risk to the community by accepting canisters that held explosive materials onto their site. A bail hearing is set for Monday.
The Weisenbergs are awaiting trial on 25 counts of failing to properly dispose of hazardous waste and failing to minimize the risk of exposure or fire at their Watts plant, which has operated next door to Jordan High School for about 70 years…