Complex sentence: During his junior year in college, Rashād had legal issues in Portland; charged with felony theft in November 1970, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, a misdemeanor, in early 1971.
Split into simpler sentences: During his junior year in college, Rashād had legal issues in Portland, and was charged with felony theft in November 1970. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, a misdemeanor, in early 1971.