Sunday, March 23, 2008

Foreclosed Homeowner Accused Of Stripping Fixtures, Appliances From Home Cops Plea Deal

In Southwest Virginia, The Floyd Press reports:
  • The trial of a Floyd County woman charged with stripping her foreclosed home of light fixtures, appliances, a bathroom vanity and a claw-footed bathtub ended behind closed doors Tuesday with a mid-trial plea agreement. Elizabeth Ann Ledger entered a no contest plea on a misdemeanor charge of interfering with the rights of a property owner after Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Shortt dropped the more serious grand theft felony charges. [...] Ledger stipulated in her no contest plea that the Commonwealth had enough evidence for conviction, and Grubbs ordered her to pay $1,731.32 in restitution to the new owner within 45 days.

For more, see Case settled with plea agreement.