The r ecently shuttered S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp in Watts was ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution, and the company's two owners were sentenced to two years' probation.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued Gary Weisenberg, 79, and Matthew Weisenberg, 37, the probation order on Tuesday, and additionally, the father and son were ordered a $10,500 fine and 200 hours of community service.

Earlier this year, the company entered a no-contest plea to five felony counts of hazardous waste disposal without a permit, two misdemeanor counts of hazardous waste disposal at an unpermitted site, and two misdemeanor counts of public nuisance, as the neighboring Jordan High School suffered "environmental injustice," according to school officials.

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