Pitt's Sheard pleads guilty

Published Aug. 4, 2010 8:53 p.m. ET

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University of Pittsburgh defensive end Jabaal Sheard has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for a fight last month in which he threw a man through an art gallery's glass door.

The senior from Hollywood, Fla., had been charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest after he got into a fight in the early morning hours of July 18.

A district judge reduced the charges and ordered Sheard to pay a $300 fine and the other man's medical bills. Sheard also was ordered to apologize.

Police say Sheard refused to stop fighting and had to be pepper sprayed after he threw the man through the door of La Fond Galleries.

Sheard's attorney called the fight unfortunate.

The 21-year-old started all 13 games for the Panthers last season.