Catherine Wells pleaded guilty Thursday to one class-b felony count of robbery in the second degree. Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg scheduled sentencing December 1.
Court documents asserted that Wells was confronted by a loss-prevention officer outside the JC Penny store at the East Hills Shopping Center August 24.
An affidavit states that she had “concealed unpaid items of clothing” and “tried to bite the loss-prevention officer and flee the scene.”
Court records show Wells has a previous conviction for theft, and another one on a drug charge for which she was granted a suspended sentence on an 8-year prison term.