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SANTA ANA (CNS) - A 45-year-old woman pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to time served in jail for slashing the tires of 11 cars in Garden Grove just weeks after getting out of jail following a plea deal for shooting two people with a BB gun.
Mary Cruz Berumen pleaded guilty to eight misdemeanor counts of vandalism. One count was dismissed.
Berumen was originally charged with three felony counts of vandalism and six misdemeanor counts.
Berumen was sentenced to 134 days in jail, which she had credit for since her arrest in January.
On Jan. 2, she slashed the tires of a 2012 Dodge Ram, 2013 Toyota Camry, a Honda, a Hyundai, a 2015 Honda Civic, another Honda, an Acura, a Toyota Camry, Toyota Corolla, a 2006 Toyota Avalon and another unspecified vehicle, according to the criminal complaint.
On Nov. 20, Berumen accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Kazuharu Makino in an assault case involving two men who were shot with a BB gun, according to court records. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail and given credit for 44 days behind bars.
Berumen was ordered to continue mental health treatment through the Veterans Administration, but when she failed to show up in court for a progress review on Dec. 29, a bench warrant was issued. The bench warrant was put on hold over the objections of prosecutors until Jan. 12.