Crime & Safety
Pennsylvania Woman Who Coughed And Spit On Food At Supermarket, Claimed Coronavirus Gets Jail Time
A Luzerne County judge called the woman's conduct "totally outrageous" and sentenced her to one to two years in jail.
August 27, 2021
A Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced Tuesday to at least a year in jail.
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Margaret Ann Cirko, 37, pleaded guilty in June to a felony count of making bomb threats.
Authorities said Cirko entered a Gerrity’s Supermarket location in Hanover Township, near Wilkes-Barre, on March 25, 2020, and purposely coughed on fresh produce and other merchandise while yelling that she had the virus and that everyone would get sick.
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