Howard County police Wednesday charged a 29-year-old woman with assault, burglary and theft at Portalli's Restaurant following the devastating flood that hit Ellicott City Saturday night.
The owner of the restaurant, Evan Brown, told police he found a woman walking out of his Italian restaurant when he arrived to assess the damage to the establishment Sunday afternoon. He said she was carrying four bottles of liquor, police said.
When Brown confronted the woman, she hurled one of the bottles at him, police said.
Madeline Eve Scott, of St. Paul Street, Ellicott City, has been charged with second-degree assault, fourth-degree burglary and theft.
An attorney for Scott was not listed in online court records.