[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to spitting on food at a supermarket in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was sentenced to at least a year in jail
- Margaret Ann Cirko pleaded guilty in June to a felony count of making bomb threats
- Cirko entered a Gerrity's Supermarket location in Hanover Township on March 25, 2020, and purposely coughed on fresh produce and other merchandise
- The 37-year-old then began yelling that she had the virus and that everyone would get sick
- Cirko was taken to a nearby hospital for a mental health evaluation and a COVID-19 test, which she ultimately tested negative for
- A Luzerne County judge called her conduct 'totally outrageous' and sentenced her to one to two years in jail, to be followed by eight years of probation
- She also was ordered to pay nearly $30,000 in restitution after $35,000 in food was thrown away due to her antics
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