Youth gets probation for hitting other teen

URBANA – A 15-year-old Champaign youth who pleaded guilty to battery for punching another teen was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation.

The youth admitted in April that on Feb. 20 he repeatedly punched another boy in the face while the two of them were at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in Champaign attending an after-school program intended to help children with difficulties.

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