Sunday, September 9, 2012

Woman Fined In UK Celebrations

{Lexington, Kentucky}...Leitha Burton, 23, was fined $500 after a jury found her guilty Friday in the only Fayette District Court trial among 91 cases stemming from celebrations during the championship run by the University of Kentucky men's basketball team. Burton was on trial for charges of alcohol intoxication in a public place and second-degree disorderly conduct for throwing a beer bottle at Lexington police officers and refusing to leave the area of State Street near the UK campus on March 31st, the night UK beat the University of Louisville. Burton could have received up to 90 days in jail and a total of $500 in fines.