A former Ball State University student arrested in connection with a battery at an off-campus party last year pleaded guilty this week.
Kari Streib, 21, pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury - a Class D felony.
Streib was arrested in October 2007 along with then-Ball State students Amanda Polson, Ashley Kirkman, Rene Whiteley and Alysse Popov. The women were accused of attacking Ivy Tech student Christina Elslinger and stomping her at a party north of campus.
Streib is the second to have pleaded guilty.
Polson pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to the charge of criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury. Her sentencing hearing is today after it was continued Monday because her attorney left for a family emergency.
Whiteley was set for a trial by jury Wednesday, but her attorney requested a change of plea Monday, according to court officials. Judge Robert Barnet Jr., who is hearing the cases, had not made a ruling on the plea as of Wednesday afternoon.
Barnet granted Kirkman's trial a continuance until Dec. 8.
The Delaware County Prosecutor's Office did not file formal charges against Popov.
As part of the plea agreement, Streib's charge was dropped from a Class C felony of battery resulting in serious bodily injury, which has an advisory sentence of four years if convicted.
Streib's sentencing hearing is set for Dec. 12. Class D felonies carry sentences between six months and three years in prison, with an advisory sentence of 18 months, and a maximum fine of $10,000, according to the Indiana Code.
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