A Grovertown woman pleaded guilty to stealing meat from Five Star and an air conditioning unit from Alco last week in Starke Circuit Court. Tammy Hurt, 41, was arrested in July on 19 preliminary counts of theft after she allegedly stole several packages of meat from the store.

Due to the nature of the thefts from Five Star and Alco, she faced two separate cases in court. In the first case, she pleaded guilty to two counts of Theft as a Class D felony, and in the other case, she pleaded guilty to Theft as a Class D felony and an enhancement charge of Habitual Offender. The remaining charges were dismissed.

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