A 22-year-old Cheyenne man who stormed the stage of the National Speech and Debate tournament in June in Des Moines, Iowa, prompting the evacuation of panicked participants, has been sentenced to a year of probation as part of a plea deal.

Jayden Roccaforte, a four-time national speech champion who attended Cheyenne East High School and Casper College, pleaded guilty Thursday in Iowa District Court for Polk County to one count of disorderly conduct. In exchange, prosecutors dropped two drug possession charges.

Roccaforte has been ordered to pay a $105 fine and victim damages yet to be determined, according to court records.

Neither Roccaforte, who caused a disturbance at the speech and debate tournament that emptied the EMC Expo Center in downtown Des Moines, nor family members could

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