Jail for Jersey Shore's Ronnie Over Illicit Fist-Pumping?

Reality star admitted into an intervention program before his assault trial that will allow him to avoid a criminal record

By Marianne Garvey Jul 11, 2011 8:43 PMTags
Ronnie Ortiz-MagroDavid Livingston/Getty Images

Nope. For better or worse, the streets of Seaside Heights will not be deprived of Ronnie Ortiz-Magro anytime soon.

Though his fists of fury almost cost him. 

The beefed-up Jersey Shore star, indicted last December for clocking a guy during the show's first season, just found out he won't be going to jail over the beach beatdown.

So what did he get instead?

The reality troublemaker has been admitted into a pretrial intervention program that allows him to avoid a criminal record in the case.

The 25-year-old guido, who recently shot season four of the show in Italy and is back with the gang in Seaside shooting the fifth season, appeared today in New Jersey Superior Court in Toms River, where he learned he'd be enrolled in the program for 18 months.

Judge Stephanie Wauters also asked Ronnie if he'd be willing to do community service during that time and he said he would.

It was not immediately specified what type of service he would be doing, but we're pretty sure it won't involve GTLing.