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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. — The man accused of killing four people at a Northridge home over the weekend violated his probation two months before the mass killing but managed to avoid being sent back to prison, interviews and records show.
Los Angeles County probation officials recommended at a September sentencing hearing that the man serve prison time after he was arrested on suspicion of drug possession.
Instead, Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Jessica Silvers ordered Ka Pasasouk to attend drug treatment and be released to the oversight of the Probation Department, according to court records and law enforcement officials.
Full story: Suspect in mass killing avoided prison time months earlier