ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) - An Ellicott City woman has admitted to looting a restaurant following the flooding there.
Media outlets report 30-year-old Madeline Eve Scott pleaded guilty to fourth-degree burglary charges Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors say Scott was spotted July 31 carrying four bottles of liquor out of Portalli’s restaurant in downtown Ellicott City by one of the restaurant’s owners, Evan Brown, who had gone to survey flood damage. Brown says that when he confronted Scott, she cursed at him and threw one of the bottles at him, striking his arm.
Scott denied she cursed at Brown or that the bottle hit Brown.
Judge Lenore Gelfman sentenced Scott to three days in jail and 18 months of supervised probation, and ordered her to pay restitution and complete mental health treatment.
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