Former WVU Linebacker Gets Probation

{Morgantown, West Virginia}...Former West Virginia University linebacker Branko Busick avoided jail time Tuesday when Monongalia County Circuit Judge Russell Clawges suspended a two-to-10-year sentence on each count and sentenced him to five years probation. In February, Busick pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assault while in commission of a felony.  Busick admitted to beating and attempting to rob one man along Walnut Street in Morgantown on June 23, 2011. He also admitted he and Nicholas Conques robbed another man at a High Street apartment on July 11, 2011. During sentencing Tuesday, defense attorney David Jividen called five character witnesses to testify on behalf of Busick, including Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Jane Hanlin, who testified Busick had a stellar reputation in his hometown of Steubenville, Ohio. Co-defendant Nicholas Conques is scheduled to be sentenced April 20th on conspiracy charges.