A man who threw a pie in the face of former Minister Natan Sharansky just before he was to speak at a packed Rutgers University lecture hall in 2003 was found guilty Thursday of a disorderly persons offense.That's it? $355.00? For attacking an visiting dignitary from another country? ARGH.Abe Greenhouse, 27, was fined USD 200 and ordered to pay USD 155 in court fees and penalties.
Greenhouse, a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist, could have received up to 30 days in jail and stiffer fines. He declined to comment after the hearing but his lawyer, Leon Grauer of Nutley, said his client's actions were a political act and that the verdict would be appealed.
The case was heard in South Brunswick Municipal Court by Judge Mary Casey, who found Greenhouse guilty of causing public inconvenience or alarm because of "tumultuous behavior."
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