Two student protesters arrested at UF accept plea deals in criminal cases
Two University of Florida students arrested earlier this year during pro-Palestinian protests on campus have accepted plea deals to misdemeanor criminal charges and will pay a small fine with no jail time.
Keely Nicole Gliwa, 23, of Gainesville and Roseanna Yashoda Bisram, 20, of Ocala pleaded no contest to a single count of resisting an officer without violence, according to court records. Under a deferred prosecution agreement, the cases against them would be dropped in six months if they are not arrested again, pay $150 in court fees and donate $150 to specific children’s charities.
Gliwa and Bisram, who had previously pleaded not guilty and turned down plea deals, did not immediately ret...
