CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Another man accused of carrying a lit torch with intent to intimidate during a 2017 protest on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville has accepted a plea deal.

Dallas Jerome Nicholas Medina, 32, of Ravenna, Ohio, was originally charged with felony intimidation, but pleaded guilty Oct. 31 in Albemarle County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of misdemeanor tampering of public order and will not serve any prison sentence. daily progress reported.

“It seemed like a reasonable outcome for everyone, a reasonable compromise,” Medina’s attorney, Mike Hallahan, told The Daily Progress after the hearing.

Medina’s case is among more than a dozen that emerged from an event on Aug. 11, 2017. That’s when a group of torch-bearing white nationalists marched across the University of Virginia campus, some chanting, “Jews “They will not replace us.” He was the fourth participant to reach a plea deal.

In addition to the four misdemeanor pleas, six people have been convicted of felonies and one case ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict.

Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Lawton Tufts, who prosecuted Medina, said in court that three factors justified the lesser charge: He had no criminal record, he was not accused of assaulting anyone and he helped break up a fight.

When asked if he wanted to comment, Medina was reluctant.

“I have to go home,” he told The Daily Progress. “I’m sorry.”

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