Penn State wrestling champ enters program for DUI

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A two-time NCAA wrestling champion at Penn State has been accepted into a special supervision program for first-time offenders in hopes of resolving drunken driving charges.

The Centre Daily Times reports 23-year-old Ed Ruth was accepted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program earlier this week.

Defendants in the program don’t plead guilty. Ruth was placed on court supervision for a year and can have his arrest record expunged if he completes the supervision without incident.

Ruth’s attorney declined comment. Ruth must also perform community service for a day.

State College police say Ruth’s blood-alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit when he hit a tree while trying to park along the street Nov. 13.

Ruth was suspended from the team for about a month, returning Dec. 15.