A Portland panhandler who threw rocks through the windows of five businesses in the Lloyd District because she said no one was giving her money was sentenced Wednesday to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay more than $9,000 for the damage.

Marlena Rochelle Neely, 30, told authorities she was homeless, had been asking people for $5 and would shatter a window every time she was refused because she was tired of people not helping her, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Neely broke windows July 10 at Denny’s restaurant, the Citizen Baker cafe at the Hotel Eastlund, Red Robin, the Inn at the Convention Center and Action Sport, police said. All of the businesses are within about three blocks of each other in the area of Northeast Grand Avenue and Holladay Street.

Neely pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal mischief. In addition to jail time and an order to pay restitution, she was sentenced to three years of probation and mental health, drug and alcohol treatment if deemed necessary.

As part of a plea agreement, two other cases were dismissed.

In the first of those cases, police said they arrived May 3 at the Palms Motel at 3801 N. Interstate Ave. to find that Neely had thrown a TV, a cable box and dresser drawers out the window of her motel room. Neely was ordered Wednesday to pay $1,100 for the damage she caused there.

In the second case, investigators said Neely shattered the car window of a stranger on Aug. 29 by throwing a rock. The man and his teenage daughter, who also was inside, were at Southeast 82nd Avenue and Washington Street. Neely was ordered to pay $297 for the damage to the car.

Neely told police she threw the rock because she believed the driver, who was a stranger, had stuck his tongue out at her. It’s unclear if the man did.

For all three cases, Neely was ordered to pay about $10,500 in restitution.

Neely told jailers that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder. She said she had been using marijuana on a daily basis and methamphetamine on a weekly basis.

She told Multnomah County Circuit Judge Christopher Marshall that she’d been through drug treatment twice in the past decade, but had lapsed. She also said she hadn’t been taking her mental health medication.

Neely said she’s motivated to find a home and regain custody of her children. She said she has a 13-year-old son who’s living with her mother in California, and 7- and 8-year-old sons living in Oregon’s foster care system.

Because Neely has already served more than 20 days in jail since her arrests, the judge said she’d be released after Wednesday’s hearing.

Neely told the judge she still doesn’t have a home but she can stay in shelters until she finds a permanent home.

“I want to be able to leave tonight, have a cigarette, drink a cup of coffee and live my life,” she said.

-- Aimee Green

agreen@oregonian.com

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