Judge orders Atlas Metals to stop processing at Watts facility amid federal lawsuit

Name: Judge orders Atlas Metals to stop processing at Watts facility amid federal lawsuit
Uploaded: 2025-03-17T20:14:00-0700
Duration: 2 min 4 s
Description: A Los Angeles Superior Court judge also ordered one of the two owners of a Watts scrap metal facility to remain jailed on Monday with bail set at $1 million. The decision came as the two owners of S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. were jailed last week in connection to accusations of polluting a nearby high school campus with metal projectiles and harmful toxins in the soil. Jeff Nguyen reports.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge also ordered one of the two owners of a Watts scrap metal facility to remain jailed on Monday with bail set at $1 million. The decision came as the two owners of S&W Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. were jailed last week in connection to accusations of polluting a nearby high school campus with metal projectiles and harmful toxins in the soil. Jeff Nguyen reports.