ELLSWORTH COUNTY- The District Court in Ellsworth County sentenced a second student this week in connection with the incident on a Great Bend swim team activity bus.

Connor Furrey, 17, convicted in May of misdemeanor battery was sentenced to unsupervised probation through July 5, 2017, according to court documents.

The condition of the probation includes no further violation of the law, graduation from high school or obtaining a GED, report any contact with law enforcement that are not merely social in nature, no contact with the victim and timely payment of court costs.

The court declined to order an apology from Furrey to the victim, due to the pending lawsuit in the case.

On June 1, co-defendant, Alan Matthew Bobbitt, was sentenced to probation through May of 2017.

The incident on the swim team bus occurred in Ellsworth County on February 6.
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