OAKLAND (Bay City News) An Occupy Oakland protester who was convicted of felony vandalism for smashing the windows of an Oakland police Internal Affairs and Recruiting Office during a general strike protest last November was sentenced today to five years probation.

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson also sentenced Cesar Aguirre, 24, of Elk Grove, to serve six months in county jail but allowed him to be freed on $40,000 bail while he appeals his conviction.
Rolefson also ordered Aguirre to stay away from Frank Ogawa Plaza for five years and pay $6,654 in restitution to pay for the damage he caused in the incident on Nov. 3.
Prosecutors said during Aguirre's two-day trial in August that he was dressed in all-black clothing and wore goggles and a dust mask during the general strike protest.
They said Aguirre grabbed a red metal folding chair and walked to the windows of the Oakland police Internal Affairs and Recruiting Office and swung the chair at the glass windows and doors multiple times before discarding the chair.