CLAYTON — A Jefferson County man found guilty last year of punching former Cardinals outfielder Curt Ford in 2015 and using a racial slur was sentenced Wednesday to five years' probation.
Circuit Judge Dean Waldemer gave James Street, 43, on five years' probation for the felony conviction of assault motivated by discrimination.
A different judge in November found Street, who is white, guilty of striking Ford, who is black, after shouting racial slurs and telling him to "go back to Ferguson." The altercation, on March 25, 2015, was at a gas station at Gravois Bluffs Boulevard and Highway 141.