A judge ruled this week that a former UC Irvine student cannot enter a diversion program to avoid facing criminal charges in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of a fellow fraternity member.
By City News Service
Dec 11, 2020
NEWPORT BEACH (CNS) - A 22-year-old man pleaded no contest and was immediately sentenced to 80 hours of community service today for his part in the alcohol poisoning death of a fellow UC Irvine fraternity member.
Jonathan Gabriel Villicana pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of allowing a party or gathering at which underage drinking is permitted. He was placed on one year of informal probation and ordered to attend self-help meetings.
Villicana was considered one of the least culpable as he was on the lease of the residence where the party was held and was in and out of the gathering and had no connection to the purchase or administering of the alcohol, his attorney Sal Ciulla said.