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Plea deal reached in Wal-Mart line cutting case
Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:19 PM CST
According to the Associated Press, a black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.
The deal announced Friday night means 24-year-old Heather Ellis will avoid a felony conviction for her part in a January 2007 scuffle at a Missouri Wal-Mart.
Ellis agreed to plead guilty to resisting arrest and peace disturbance. Prosecutor Morley Swingle dropped two felony counts of assault on a law officer.
She will be placed on unsupervised probation for a year, must serve four days of shock jail time and must attend at least two hours of anger management classes.
Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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