Acie Gaye Thomas of Beeville got into an argument with her husband last March and in a fit of rage set out to sell their stash of marijuana before he could.

But Thomas, 28, was busted with the illegal substance on the way to make the sale.

She was sentenced Tuesday to three years deferred adjudication probation.

District Court Judge Joel Johnson also ordered her to pay a $1,000 fine, $140 restitution to the Department of Public Safety, which analyzed the substance, and court costs.

According to court documents, Thomas was arrested on March 21, 2009, and charged with possessing between 4 ounces and 5 pounds of marijuana.

Thomas told police she had gotten into a fight with her husband and decided to sell the marijuana before he could.

Authorities said she packed the dope in a bag and put it in a friend’s car. They were driving out of town to sell the marijuana when they were stopped by a Bee County sheriff’s deputy who spotted the automobile traveling 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, and failing to stop at a stop sign, according to a report filed by the officer.

In addition, the license plate light was not working, the officer reported.

She could have spent the next two years in a state jail.

Under deferred adjudication probation, an offender’s judgment is deferred until later, if ever. Offenders who successfully complete the terms of the probation are not judged and thus have no criminal conviction on their record. However, if they do not abide by the terms of their community supervision, they can be sentenced to the maximum time in prison without a trial.

Judge Johnson also agreed to accept a plea bargain that calls for Felipe Maldonado Moreno Jr. to serve three years deferred adjudication probation.

Moreno, 38, of Beeville, was indicted on two counts of robbery, each one a second degree felony offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

He is accused of grabbing his ex-girlfriend around the throat, wresting away her cell phone, and then shoving her to the ground outside the Christus Spohn Hospital Beeville on June 13, 2008.

A security guard told authorities he witnessed Moreno attack the 40-year-old woman and then leave with the cell phone.

Under a plea bargain agreement arranged with the prosecutor’s office in August, Moreno pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and the second count was dismissed.

Johnson also sentenced Kevin Joe Medina, 19, of Beeville, to one year of pretrial supervision.

Medina, who lists his occupation as a ranch hand, is accused of damaging a vending machine on Jan. 27, 2009.

Medina was indicted for criminal mischief between $1,500 and $20,000, a state jail felony offense.

Beeville police say Medina and a companion knocked over a soft drink machine, damaging it, around 4:30 a.m. that January.

Medina told investigators that the machine did not give him a soft drink and wouldn’t return his money, and that he was only attempting to get his money back by rocking the machine when it tipped over. But police investigators said video surveillance cameras revealed the two never put money in the machine.