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U of Illinois athlete put in county 'second chance' program

Posted March 30, 2016 7:00 am

The Associated Press

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A University of Illinois softball player has entered an agreement that could keep a conviction off her record for damaging a menorah at a campus Jewish center.

Ruby Fernandez-Rivera has been admitted to Champaign County's "second chance program." The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2315Lx3 ) that if Fernandez-Rivera successfully completes agreement terms she can plead guilty to a misdemeanor. The conviction wouldn't appear on her record. The 21-year-old previously was charged with a felony.

Fernandez-Rivera was charged after surveillance video at the Chabad Jewish Center showed a woman breaking an arm off the menorah Feb. 7. She is suspended from the softball team.

Under the agreement that Fernandez-Rivera signed last week she must do 25 hours of public service, use no alcohol or drugs and write the center a letter of apology.

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Information from: The News-Gazette, http://www.news-gazette.com

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