NORRISTOWN -- Four women who pleaded guilty to stealing from a department store have been sentenced to time served in jail and put on probation. The judge also ordered them to stay out of all malls in Pennsylvania.

The women are related, and all have extensive criminal records. They pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court on Thursday to stealing from the Macy's store in the Willow Grove Mall in September 2007.

Judge Steven O'Neill told the women they had "descended like a plague of locusts" on Montgomery County. Court records show the four traveled around the country, stealing for a living, and have criminal records in at least 10 states.

The women -- Jeannie Davis, Christina Robson, and two women named Catherine Robson -- pleaded guilty to similar charges in Bucks County in January.


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