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Mary E Garrabrant, of Fairview, appeared in Central Judicial Processing Court (CJP) in Jersey City on Friday, April 10, 2015. Michael Dempsey | The Jersey Journal

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A Fairview woman has been charged with deliberately clogging a toilet in a Hudson County Sheriff's Office facility in Jersey City and causing a flood on April 2, officials said.

Mary E. Garrabrant, 28, made her first court appearance on the charge of criminal mischief yesterday afternoon in Central Judicial Processing court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny. At the hearing, the charge was downgraded and will be heard in Jersey City Municipal Court.

Authorities said Garrabrant caused damage in the amount of more than $500 and less than $2,000 by "wedging a roll of toilet tissue into the toilet causing the water to be blocked from draining, which caused the water to overflow the toilet, flooding the floor in the holding area and damaging the ceiling of the floor below."

The complaint does not say why Garrabrant was being held by sheriff's officers at Hudson County Plaza at 257 Cornelison Avenue.

Garrabrant has 21 prior arrests, six disorderly persons convictions and is currently under indictment in Bergen Count on the charge of theft, stemming from an incident on Dec. 2, 2014, court officials said.