A 23-year-old Beeville woman accused of purposely damaging an automobile owned by the wife of a man she apparently had a relationship with at one time will spend the next three years on community supervision.

District Court Judge Janna Whatley also ordered Alexis Nicole Hathaway to enroll in anger management class, pay $2,506.02 to the victim in restitution and a $2,500 fine.

According to a report by the Beeville Police Department, witnesses observed Hathaway scratch a black Ford Expedition in the H-E-B Food Store parking lot on May 19.

An officer reported that the word “B**ch” had been scratched on the side of the vehicle and a witness told police he saw Hathaway cut the vehicle’s tire with a knife and break both its windshield wipers.

The vehicle belonged to a 32-year-old Beeville woman who is the wife of a man who had a relationship with Hathaway at one time, according to court documents.

Hathaway pleaded no contest to the charge, a state jail felony offense punishable by up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Hathaway waived her right to a trial by jury and asked Whatley to decide her guilt or innocence during a bench hearing on Thursday.

Whatley found Hathaway guilty of the offense and accepted a plea bargain that called for her to serve three years of deferred adjudication probation.

Under deferred adjudication probation, the defendant’s judgment is deferred until later. If she successfully fulfills the terms of her probation, she will not be judged and thus not have a criminal record related to the offense. However, if she fails to abide by the terms of the offense, she could be sentenced to the maximum time in prison without a trial.