A Wakefield woman with no criminal record was convicted on a reduced charge for slipping into State Sen. Joe Kenney's ailing mother's home looking for valuables after she felt shorted in a barn sale.Prosecutors said Tina McFarland, 56, was not satisfied with the contents of a barn she bought from Kenney's mother who suffers from Alzheimer's symptoms. Carroll County Attorney Robin Gordon said McFarland stepped uninvited into the family home looking for more valuable items.McFarland pleaded no contest to misdemeanor criminal trespassing and could serve no jail time and pay no restitution pending good behavior. District Court Judge Robert Varney suspended a $500 fine and one year in jail.Initial felony charges suggested prosecutors once believed McFarland removed items from the confused woman's Wakefield home. Kenney, a Republican seeking re-election, could have been called as a witness. He could not be reached for comment.
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