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Suspended U. wide receiver Butler-Byrd enters plea in court

SALT LAKE CITY — Less than two weeks after he was formally accused of damaging a police building and an officer's vehicle, suspended University of Utah wide receiver Cory Butler-Byrd entered into a plea in abeyance Monday.

The plea admits guilt but is accompanied by requirements that, if completed, will allow the case to be dismissed at a later date. Court documents in Butler-Byrd's case don't specify what those conditions are or provide a timeline for when the case could be dropped.

Butler-Byrd was charged Aug. 9 in 3rd District Court with class A misdemeanor criminal mischief for allegedly damaging a campus building and a police officer's vehicle on July 27.