Lenexa ? A student was sentenced to six months of probation for contaminating a teacher’s coffee with a cherry sports drink.

The boy was found guilty Tuesday of a misdemeanor charge of adulterating the coffee on Jan. 26 but not guilty of a second count that allegedly occurred Jan. 5. At the time, the boy was an eighth-grader at Trailridge Middle School in Lenexa.

The boy brought a cherry sports drink to school and a classmate put a capful into the teacher’s coffee as part of a prank, defense attorney Stephen Mirakian, who argued that the boy’s actions were not criminal behavior.

The prosecutor, however, said the boy brought the GI Joe Survival Beverage to school intending to place it in the teacher’s coffee. The teacher went to a hospital on Jan. 5, prosecutor Kristiane Gray said.

The teacher testified that a parent called her in late February to tell her about the incidents, which were being discussed by students on Xanga.com, a social networking Web site. The teacher said she went to a hospital emergency room after having pain in her arm and heart palpitations, and she was eventually given medication for high blood pressure.

The classmate acknowledged his part in the prank and was granted diversion.

Mirakian said the boy’s family is considering an appeal.