CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A Florida woman is being punished for swallowing too many carats.
Mary Denise Flowers, 38, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation Monday for swallowing a 1.5 carat diamond ring at a jewelry store. Her snack was caught by a surveillance camera.
The ring was later recovered in a jailhouse commode, and will be sent to Littman Jewelers' corporate headquarters in Oregon to be melted down.
Flowers did not have a previous criminal record. She was also ordered to pay fines and court costs totaling more than $1,000.
The judge withheld a formal finding of adjudication, meaning Flowers will have a clean record if she completes probation without violation.
Mary Denise Flowers, 38, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation Monday for swallowing a 1.5 carat diamond ring at a jewelry store. Her snack was caught by a surveillance camera.
The ring was later recovered in a jailhouse commode, and will be sent to Littman Jewelers' corporate headquarters in Oregon to be melted down.
Flowers did not have a previous criminal record. She was also ordered to pay fines and court costs totaling more than $1,000.
The judge withheld a formal finding of adjudication, meaning Flowers will have a clean record if she completes probation without violation.






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