Woman changes plea to guilty after trashing home, assaulting woman

Published 6:48 pm Saturday, March 12, 2016

An Austin woman changed her plea to guilty after being charged with trashing a home and assaulting another woman.

Tempestt Haymore, 28, pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of first-degree criminal damage to property with more than $1,000 in damages, a felony, and another count of fifth-degree assault.

According to a court complaint, Haymore allegedly broke into a home at the 800 block of 12th Avenue Southwest on Aug. 8, 2015 after she found her boyfriend there. The victim, who was in the shower at the time, later told police she came out of the bathroom to discover Haymore had allegedly smashed a mirror and a TV.

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Haymore left with her boyfriend around 4:30 p.m. but returned about 10 minutes later with Shante Denise Morgan, 25, of Austin. Another victim told police Haymore allegedly forced her way around her to get inside the home with a bottle of bleach. The second victim reported Haymore poured bleach all over the walls, floor, on furniture and clothes, and more.

She then allegedly got a bottle of antifreeze and poured it inside the first victim’s car.

The second victim yelled for Haymore to stop but was allegedly punched in the face by Morgan. Haymore and Morgan then allegedly knocked the second victim to the ground before they hit and kicked her.

Haymore also faces two counts of third-degree drug sale after she was arrested on May 13 as part of a three-month joint investigation between area law enforcement into heroin sales in the community.

She is scheduled to be sentenced on May 26 for the assault and damages.

Morgan also faces similar charges and pleaded not guilty on August 20, 2015 to aiding or abetting first-degree burglary — assault, first-degree burglary in an occupied dwelling, first-degree criminal damage with more than $1,000 in damages, and fifth-degree assault. The pre-trial is scheduled for April 1 and the jury trial is scheduled for April 11.