Theresa M. Jefferson, woman in Walmart bleach fight, banned from the store for five years
(CBS/AP) TOWSON, Md. - Theresa M. Jefferson, a Maryland woman who pleaded guilty to participating in a fight involving bleach and Pine-Sol at a Baltimore Walmart, has been ordered to stay away from the store for five years.
Jefferson was given a five-year suspended sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to second-degree misdemeanor assault.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Jefferson apologized for her actions during a hearing in Baltimore County Circuit Court. She was ordered to stay away from Walmart, which her lawyer says he understood to mean all Walmart stores.
Jefferson admitted fighting inside the Baltimore County store on Oct. 8 with Ebony Odoms, who was also charged. The store was shut down for several hours because of the use of chemicals and 19 people were taken to the hospital.
Police told CBS Baltimore that the fight was apparently tied to Odoms' boyfriend, who is also the father of Jefferson's child. Police said Jefferson used bleach to attack Odom, who then came back and poured Pine-Sol on her.
Odoms' trial was postponed until June.
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