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Butcher-Knife-Wielding 'Grinch' Gets 23 Months
Karen Pilat, 51, of Hatfield, got a maximum 23 months in county jail on a simple assault misdemeanor for menacing her husband with a butcher knife on Christmas because she didn't like her gifts.
Being a butcher-knife-wielding “Grinch” on Christmas has sent one Hatfield woman to jail.
Karen Pilat, 51, got a maximum 23-month sentence for conviction on a misdemeanor simple assault for a Christmas 2011 attack on her husband, according to Mainline Media.
Pilat menaced her husband with a butcher knife inside their 2400 block of Merel Drive home Christmas morning. Why? Because she didn’t like her gifts.
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She wanted jewels and a card. She got an artsy tile and a Bonsai.
Assistant District Attorney Cara McMenamin said in the article that Pilat's anger at the wrong gifts "... turned her into essentially the ‘Grinch’ on steroids. She really was an abomination."
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According to the article, Pilat can serve the sentence over three consecutive weekends on April 19.
Pilat must also complete 50 hours of community service, according to court records.
Judge Garrett Page handed down the sentence. Page convicted Pilat of simple assault—she menaced her husband to the point where he feared she would cause him serious bodily injury, according to the article.
Read more on this case on Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch:
- Hatfield 'Grinch' Menaced Husband With Knife Because of Bad Gifts
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