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Title: Acton man who built sprawling 'Phonehenge West' compound is ordered jailed
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dailynews.com
URL Source: http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18441063
Published: Jul 10, 2011
Author: staff
Post Date: 2011-07-10 11:44:54 by Ferret
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Comments: 27
LANCASTER - A 59-year-old Acton man who was convicted last month of a dozen misdemeanor counts for building a sprawling compound he dubbed "Phonehenge West" today was ordered taken into custody. Superior Court Judge Daviann Mitchell ordered Alan Kimble Fahey to be remanded in lieu of $75,000 bail pending his sentencing, which was postponed to July 22. The judge determined that Fahey had failed to comply with the conditions for his release on his own recognizance, which included removing people from unpermitted structures and turning off the power, Jane Robison of the District Attorney's Office said. Fahey was convicted last month of 12 misdemeanor charges, including 10 counts of maintaining unpermitted structures and one count each of failing to stop construction after getting a written stop-work order and unlawfully installing electrical wiring. Jurors deadlocked on three other counts. Prosecutors argued that Fahey was ignoring Los Angeles County codes at his 20,000-square-foot compound, feeling he was above the law. But Fahey's attorney, Jerry Lennon, argued that Fahey had created a unique compound and the county should show some flexibility. "He's not hurting anyone, and I don't think there's a mechanical or structural problem he can't resolve," Lennon told the Los Angeles Times. Deputy District Attorney Patrick David Campbell argued, however, that Fahey's property was inherently unsafe.
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Eccentrics and visionaries used to be regarded as... ...well, eccentrics and visionaries. And as long as nobody was hurt they were pretty much left alone. They were not harassed, and the passage of time told whether it was the visionary or the eccentric part that was proved true. And that's all there was to it.
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