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UC Berkeley Graduate Gets Probation for Vandalism, Leaving Bacon at Sacramento Mosque

A Davis woman has been sentenced to five years of probation for breaking windows and leaving bacon at a mosque near Sacramento.

The Sacramento Bee reports that 30-year-old Lauren Kirk-Coehlo was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in April. The graduate of UC Berkeley had been jailed since her arrest in mid-February.

She admitted vandalizing the Davis Islamic Center in January, destroying six windows and two bicycles.

Kirk-Coehlo had faced up to six years in prison after also admitting to a hate-crime allegation.

Officials say she put bacon strips on door handles. Muslims are prohibited from eating pork products.

Kirk-Coehlo also will undergo counseling and must stay off the internet and away from the mosque.

She formerly worked for Google and as a legal intern for the Sacramento County prosecutors.

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