Four people avoid felony convictions for Evergreen College violence
Thursday, June 5, 2008 10:48 AM PDT
By The Associated Press
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E-mail this articleOLYMPIA — Four people charged with felonies for violence at a February concert at The Evergreen State College have been accepted into a diversion program.
Charges will be reduced to misdemeanors if they complete the program and pay $45,000 for destroying a patrol car.
Thurston County court papers say criminal charges against a fifth person who hid a seat stolen from the car will be dropped if he completes the diversion program and pays $541.
The crowd at the hip-hop concert turned violent after one person was arrested. A Thurston County sheriff's patrol car was destroyed and three others were vandalized.
The college paid the sheriffs office for damage to the patrol cars and will be reimbursed from the restitution.
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