Woman Does Time for Messy Yard

A Mount Pleasant woman was sent back to jail today for the seventh day of a 10-day sentence for refusing to clean up her Long Point Drive home, according to the Post and Courier.

A town code enforcement officer cited [Linda Ruggles, 54] in December 2010 for having piled packages of shingles on the roof of her Longview Drive home and assorted debris in the front yard and driveway. A municipal court judge found her guilty of a "clean lot violation" that same month. The sentence: pay a $480 fine or go to jail for 10 days, the newspaper reports.

Ruggles says she needs the shingles to fix her rough and the trash in her yard is actually scrap metal she uses to pay bills.

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