Link to articleWoman Pleads Guilty in Racist Letters Case
Fri Apr 14, 5:08 AM ET
WAUKEGAN, Ill. - A black woman accused of sending threatening letters to minorities at her former college has pleaded guilty to felony disorderly conduct and was sentenced to two years' probation.
Alicia Hardin, 20, also was ordered Thursday to perform 200 hours of community service, pay $2,000 restitution and cease all contact with Trinity International University, a small Christian school in suburban Chicago.
Hardin also has to submit to psychological testing if her probation officer recommends it, according to the Lake County state's attorney's office.
Authorities say Hardin sent letters filled with racial slurs and threats of violence to two black students and a Hispanic student last spring. One of the letters read: "I saw you in chapel... I had my gun in my pocket, but I wouldn't shoot."
Authorities have said Hardin sent the letters because she was unhappy at the school and wanted her parents to believe she wasn't safe there. The threats prompted officials to move dozens of minority students off campus for one night out of concern for their safety.
Hardin was arrested after tips from other students.
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Ouch. I kinda feel bad for her; obviously she was under pressure... but what a stupid way to try to get out of school.
