BYU's Hooks pleads guilty in water balloon case

[Ian David]

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Hooks, 20, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three misdemeanor charges stemming from an incident in April in which he kicked in two apartment doors while looking for a person who reportedly threw a water balloon at his girlfriend from a third-story window. He will serve 15 days in a work diversion program, which means he won't have to spend any time in jail.

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As part of Hooks's plea deal, two counts of felony burglary were dropped. He pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief, a class B misdemeanor, and one count of criminal trespass, a class A misdemeanor.

Scott McKinney, Hooks's pastor at Christ Evangelical Church in Orem, characterized the player's actions as an aberration rather than the norm.

"I've known Terrance for a couple years now and this is certainly not a pattern in his life. This was a one-time losing control type of situation," McKinney said. "He is completely trusted by our church, our family. He is a fine young man."

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[Ken Burch]

1. That's what happens when you let those evangelicals into a good Mormon school.

(Aw, c'mon, you were all thinkin' it...)