1/7/12 CA ASSEMBLYWOMAN GETS FELONY THEFT REDUCED 2 MISDEMEANOR: " A California lawmaker pleaded no contest Friday to stealing leather pants and other merchandise from a Neiman Marcus store in an incident her attorney blamed on a benign brain tumor. Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Castro Valley, entered the plea in San Francisco Superior Court after the judge reduced a theft charge against her from a felony to a misdemeanor at a prosecutor's request Hayashi was arrested on Oct. 23 after surveillance cameras at the store at Union..." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/06/california-lawmakers-attorney-says-brain-tumor-caused-shoplifting-incident/?test=latestnews

1/7/12 CA ASSEMBLYWOMAN GETS FELONY THEFT REDUCED 2 MISDEMEANOR: "  A California lawmaker pleaded no contest Friday to stealing leather pants and other merchandise from a Neiman Marcus store in an incident her attorney blamed on a benign brain tumor. Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Castro Valley, entered the plea in San Francisco Superior Court after the judge reduced a theft charge against her from a felony to a misdemeanor at a prosecutor's request Hayashi was arrested on Oct. 23 after surveillance cameras at the store at Union..."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/06/california-lawmakers-attorney-says-brain-tumor-caused-shoplifting-incident/?test=latestnews