- A Kean University student who made racially charged threats was given the maximum sentence allowed under her plea agreement Friday.
The judge gave Kayla McKelvey 90 days in county jail and five years probation. She will also have to pay $82,000 back to her school, the county sheriff’s office and the prosecutor's office.
Judge Robert Mega called McKelvey's threats a selfish plan of hate that created terror and mayhem and put her classmates, school and police officers at risk.
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/kean-university-student-kayla-mckelvey-sentenced-for-sending-threatening-tweets-1.11931222/
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- A former leader of a black student group accused of tweeting anonymous threats against fellow black college students in New Jersey cannot enter a probation program.
A judge on Thursday rejected an appeal from Kayla McKelvey to participate in pretrial intervention. The program would have allowed her to be placed on probation and charges could be removed from her record if she successfully completed the terms.
McKelvey is been charged with creating a false public alarm at Kean University
Prosecutors say the 25-year-old tweeted anonymous threats from a campus library because she wanted more people to attend a November 2015 rally on racial issues. She then allegedly returned to the rally to raise awareness about the threats.
http://newjersey.news12.com/news/woman-accused-of-tweeting-threats-denied-probation-program-1.11695125/
