Palm Bay police said that because Jamie Foreman was upset about her husband's new relationship, she went through the residence spray painting messages on the walls, pouring orange paint on the floor and in the refrigerator.
She also ripped out appliances and flipped over furniture, police reported.
Later the woman text messaged the estranged husband to let him know that she was coming over to clean up, records show.
Foreman was charged with residential burglary, vehicle burglary, and criminal mischief after patrol officers were called Sunday to the home to investigate the damages.
"She broke seven windows, tore pictures from the walls, flipped over furniture and spray painted the word, "scumbag," on the wall," said Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department.
"She told us that she didn't recall a lot of what happened." Martinez said the woman was with two other people who were attempting to talk her out of the rampage.
Foreman is being held at the Brevard County Detention Center in Sharpes."
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She did say she wanted to come over and clean up, so maybe she is ready to mediate. Then again, maybe after the trial...
She did say she wanted to come over and clean up, so maybe she is ready to mediate. Then again, maybe after the trial...
Reading this story I wondered if that small indication of contrition would help in a negotiation, particularly if she were ready to be very generous as a result of her bad conduct. And, if her husband was ready to take advantage of that attitude on her part, the dispute could actually settle.
The point is, the parties settle when they are ready to settle and not before. If one or both parties are still embedded in the struggle, settlement cannot be achieved. Once engaged in litigation, people will be forced to the mediation table when the court says they should go and not necessarily when the mediation would do the most good. It is good to preliminarily ask yourself if the other side is ready to settle the case or not.
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