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Portland panhandler who broke $9,000 in windows gets jail time

Marlena Rochelle Neely said she was smashing a window every time someone refused to give her $5.
Credit: Multnomah County Sheriff's Office

PORTLAND, Ore. — A panhandler who threw rocks through the windows of five Portland businesses has been sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay more than $9,000 for the damage.

She said she smashed the windows because she was mad that no one was giving her money.

The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 30-year-old Marlena Rochelle Neely told authorities she was homeless and had been asking people for $5. She said she would shatter a window every time she was refused, because she was tired of people not helping her, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Neely, who was sentenced Wednesday,  pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal mischief. 

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