By Pat Culverhouse

An elderly mother/daughter duo has received stiff sentences in Minden City Criminal Court stemming from their arrest earlier this month for attempting to leave a Minden discount store without paying for merchandise.

Judge Sherb Sentell handed down identical sentences on the charge of misdemeanor theft to 93-year-old Sybil LeGrand Layfield and her 73-year-old daughter, Genda C. Lafield after both entered guilty pleas to the thefts of more than $890 in items secreted in two shopping carts.

Both women were fined $750 plus $249.50 in court costs or 75 days in the Webster Parish jail. Judge Sentell suspended the 75 days in jail, but ordered six months probation for both with an order to pay for, enroll in and complete a theft diversion class.

Additionally, the judge ordered that the women commit no more thefts in Webster Parish, and that both contact their probation officer for other conditions and fees.

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