Court this morning. While protesters rallied outside the courthouse. Activists from the nevada Political Action for animals group. Call the swans deaths brutal. And wanted justice for the birds. Stacia Newman president nv Political Action for animals i cant even imagine how horrible the swans felt because they were loved and cared for by the community and then to have someone come in and brutal murder these swans its gets choked up its is. Its horrible brian loftus six other charges of maiming. Poisoning. Or killing an animal were dismissed as part of the plea deal. The teen will also be on probation until his 21st birthday. brian loftus the man police say hit and killed a pedestrian last week. Is now behind bars. 24yearold eric leppard turned himself into Henderson Police over the weekend. Investigators say he struck a woman crossing boulder highway near warm springs wednesday night. Then took off. The woman was not in a crosswalk. Police say leppard was driving a stolen car. Hes char