A local biking organization met last night to consider possible actions to encourage a "public outcry" against a plea agreement for a man charged with vehicular homicide for his alleged role in the death of a Penn State professor.

Although the meeting ended after press time, Paul Simpson, vice president of the Center Region Bicycle Coalition (CRBC), said earlier that the group would consider "every mechanism that we possibly can to draw attention to this" and might launch a letter writing campaign.

"We will definitely be taking action and I can guarantee you there is going to be a big public outcry over this," he said. Thomas B. Fry tentatively accepted a plea agreement Feb. 5 in the death of Penn State professor Bohdan Kulakowski, 63, who was killed after being struck by Fry's van while riding his bike along Boalsburg Road March 22, according to court documents.

Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira said he could not discuss the terms of the agreement until Fry enters a plea March 27.

However, Kulakowski's daughter, Dorata Smith, said Centre County Assistant District Attorney Steve Sloane had informed her the tentative agreement included nine months of house arrest and no jail time.

Smith said she had received copies of letters that Kulakowski's friends, colleagues and concerned citizens sent to Centre County court, which will decide if the agreement is valid. She said the letters called the plea "less than sufficient."

Fry, who has been diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, should not have been driving, doctors testified, but Fry's attorney, Ron McGlaughlin, argued that no one told his client not to drive. McGlaughlin did not return calls for comment, but has said Fry has "without question" shown remorse.

Simpson said he thought the proposed sentence was less severe because Fry hit a bicyclist instead of another driver. He said bicyclists were treated as "second-class citizens" on the road. David Cicero Bevacqua, another local bicyclist, said he thought the plea, if approved, would be a "miscarriage of justice."

Madeira, while not confirming any details, said he was constrained by the standard three to 12 months sentence for Fry's charges. Though the maximum sentence for Fry's charges is seven years in jail, he said the court usually sentences within the standard range.

Madeira said he believes the plea offer was appropriate and does not anticipate revising it. He said it would be a judge's decision to accept the plea and plea agreement. The CRBC could consider lobbying the state legislature for harsher sentencing guidelines instead, Madeira said.