Prominent Waynesville Woman Sentenced on Felony
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Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2015 · News & Politics
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. -- The wife of a prominent Waynesville business owner was sentenced on Friday to at least 10 months in prison for breaking and entering. Jennifer Elliot was convicted in November on 29 felony counts for stealing jewelry from the homes of her friends. Defense attorney George Hyler highlighted Elliot's pain killer addiction and said it drove her to commit the crimes. Hyler said Elliot is now seeking treatment. "She has done a lot of positive things to turn around her life and deal with this addiction, so I think he took that into account," George Hyler said. "We're basically very happy with the sentecing and judgement. We think it was fair on both sides." Elliot will also have to pay $78,000 in restitution for the stolen jewelry and will be on probation for five years. Related Links Waynesville Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing From Friends _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
