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Bizarre Home Invasion Could Land 'High Bride' Behind Bars
Associated Press
November 05, 2010
HAGERSTOWN, Md. – A Hagerstown jury has convicted a woman of burglary, assault and reckless endangerment for breaking into her neighbor’s house wearing nothing but a bridal skirt and veil on a snowy night in February.
Thirty-three-year old Melissa Wagaman testified Thursday that a combination of cold medicine and marijuana apparently made her hallucinate she was getting married and that her mother was locked in her neighbor’s basement.
Wagaman broke a dining room window with her head, causing shattered glass to cut an artery in Aaron Parrott’s arm.
The jury rejected defense arguments that Wagaman truly believed she needed to enter Parrott’s house and that she didn’t know she was endangering him.
She faces up to 23 years in prison.
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Anonymous
over 2 years ago
Really? I wonder if she was even engaged to be married.Hmmm
t1401hm
over 2 years ago
1754 Comments
Years? I'd say: 15 days, repairs to the window, medical costs for Mr. Parrott, and that's it. We have worse criminals than this person.
DALLASCRANE
over 2 years ago
19386 Comments
The topless Bridal Burglar Bride.....was found guilty by the jury in less than 10 minutes. The house Miss Wagaman broke into was her ex-finance's and his girlfriend. Love hath no fury as a scorned woman........
recon2819
over 2 years ago
250 Comments
this is one of those stories that follow: "You just cant make this stuff up." wow.
Whalewatcher
over 2 years ago
9918 Comments
Things ( and stories ) that make you go "Hmmm ....."
mz66
over 2 years ago
3462 Comments
From what I found in the MD sentencing guidelines, though it's unclear which burglary and assault charges are being applied here, I took a guess:
Reckless Endangerment (Misd. Assault) =5 years
Felony Burglary, 1st Degree =25 years
Felony Assault, 1st Degree =25 years
(shrug)
Robocop33
over 2 years ago
14378 Comments
I agree that there has got to be more to this story. You do not send away someone for that long a time for JUST this. There is something else this article is not telling like maybe she is a habitual offender with a long rap sheet or something.
DonnaLynn
over 2 years ago
9468 Comments
A "jury has convicted a woman of burglary, assault and reckless endangerment" -- 23 years for those three charges.
TXPD
over 2 years ago
332 Comments
She had to be on something a lot stronger than cold medicine and marijuana to hallucinate like that.
npd783
over 2 years ago
1162 Comments
Seems like a lot of time for the crime, HMMMMMMM
Irishcop1961
over 2 years ago
37000 Comments
I wish they had the whole story here.
revCCBeasley
over 2 years ago
2944 Comments
OK...what is the next excuse? 23 years? I am missing something here?
JMichaelSven
over 2 years ago
246 Comments
Something sounds fishy here, 23 years for what she did?! Uh…something not right here, there better be more to this story!
FireDad
over 2 years ago
7348 Comments
There has to be more to this story...
rhood
over 2 years ago
23592 Comments
Where is the rest of the story ???