Four of the five, including Omokunde, eventually pleaded no contest to a lesser charge of misdemeanor damage to property. The fifth defendant refused the deal and was acquitted by the jury. According to the terms of their plea deal, the district attorney recommended each receive probation and a fine of $5,317. The judge, however, rejected the sentencing recommendation and instead sentenced the four men to six months in jail. The judge in the case was Michael B. Brennan, who went on to serve as an advisor to Governor Scott Walker and, in 2018, was appointed to the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by President Donald Trump. Moore Omokunde ultimately served four months and paid a $1,000 fine. The incident, trial, and sentencing provoked intense emotion throughout the state on both sides of the issue, and was brought up again in the 2008 election, forcing the Obama campaign to publicly disavow Omokunde.