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Associated Press
Published: Tue, October 30, 2007 - 11:57 am
Last Updated: Tue, October 30, 2007 - 12:01 pm
Last Updated: Tue, October 30, 2007 - 12:01 pm
stunned with a Taser for yelling questions at a John Kerry event
will avoid criminal charges by apologizing and entering a voluntary
18-month probation.
Andrew Meyer's attorney says they reached a deal with
prosecutors to dismiss the case. The 21-year-old student wrote
apologies to the school, its president, and the campus police
department. In the letters, the student admits crossing the line
and regrets bringing Florida bad publicity.
State Attorney William Cervone says charges of resisting an
officer without violence and interfering with a school function
would be dismissed if Meyer complied with the terms of the
agreement.
The campus police officers involved are back to work. The
Florida Department of Law Enforcement cleared their use of force
last week.
Meyer is taking this semester off, but plans to resume school in
January and finish his degree this summer.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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