Eighteen-year-old Michelle Sprenkel is visibly nervous.

"I'm scared," Sprenkel said. "I've never been to jail before and I'm really sad."

She and her mother Collette are waiting in line at the Ingham County Jail for processing...the aftermath of a decision Michelle wishes she could take back.

"I should have thought a little harder," she said.

Sprenkel, who wasn't drinking...

"I blew a zero at the police station," Sprenkel said.

...flashed the crowd at the Cedar Fest riot in April, and now she's paying dearly for it.

"Fourteen days in jail, one year probation with random substance tests, 80 hours community service and 2,000 in fines to be paid in 10 months," Sprenkel said.

But does the time fit the crime? Sprenkel's mother doesn't think so.

"When I saw everything coming at her, it blew my mind," Collette Sprenkel said. "I thought it was outrageous."

We talked to Dennis McGinty, of an East Lansing law firm that prosecuted approximately 60 defendants from the Cedar Fest riots. He said this was not subjective. Under the riot act, most defendants got similar fines and sentences, which is little consolation for a mother.

"I don't think it's right when they charge everyone as if it's the same crime," Collette Sprenkel said.

But Michelle's punishment, unfortunately, is non-negotiable.

"I think it was a very stupid moment for me," Michelle Sprenkel said. "I just got caught up in the moment."

A moment, she'll have plenty of time to think about.