Former Penn State student Katherine Applegate received a 20-day house arrest sentence, a one-year suspension of her driver's license and a $2,000 fine today at her sentencing, 15 months after police said she hit a former Penn State student with her car.

Police said Applegate, 24, hit former Penn State student Michael Drauch, then 18, with her car as he crossed College Avenue in front of the Meridian Apartment complex, 646 E. College Ave., in December 2006. She registered a .208 blood alcohol content at the time of her arrest, according to court documents.

At Applegate's preliminary hearing on Dec. 20, 2006, her felony charge of aggravated assault while DUI was dropped after Drauch's intoxication was found to be 50 percent at fault for the accident.

On March 4, Applegate was convicted of a summary charge of failure to comply with license restrictions and a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.

A mandatory 72-hour prison sentence exists for her conviction. William Arbuckle, Applegate's attorney, said the intermediate punishment program allows Applegate to remain under house arrest in Allegheny County, where she currently resides.

"Because our court has determined that in-home detention is not as onerous as actually going to jail, they make the mandatory sentence longer," Arbuckle said. "The date she actually begins her monitoring will be up to Allegheny County scheduling."

Applegate will have to pay for the cost of the electronic bracelet which will monitor her house arrest.

Applegate was also fined $25 for not wearing her glasses during the accident.

Check Wednesday's issue of The Daily Collegian for more information.