A former New Jersey college student charged with making fake threats against fellow black students asked for probation on Thursday.
NJ.com reports an attorney for Kayla-Simone McKelvey, of Union Township, asked a judge to admit her into a pretrial intervention program that would allow her to avoid jail time.
McKelvey is charged with creating a false public alarm, which carries a maximum prison term of five years. If she's admitted into the program and completes it, the charge could eventually be expunged from her record.
Prosecutors contend the 24-year-old McKelvey, who is black, participated in a Nov. 17 rally on racial issues at Kean University and then went to a campus library computer and tweeted anonymous threats against black students.
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