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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Nanticoke woman who first made headlines after shoving a 12-year-old girl in 2017 has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from accusations she spat at nurses and a security officer at a local hospital.</p><p>Marlenea Ann Uravage, 32, entered a guilty plea on a summary count of harassment Monday morning before Magisterial District Judge Joseph D. Spagnuolo Jr., court records show.</p><p>Several other charges, including three misdemeanor counts of simple assault, were withdrawn.</p><p>Uravage was arrested earlier this year after Plains Township Police accused her of spitting a a registered nurse, an emergency room technician and a security officer on Aug. 22 while she was in the emergency room.</p><p>The original filing does not state why Uravage was in the emergency room. She was accused of yelling and cursing at staff when she spat at the hospital employees, striking the nurse in the face with saliva and a technician on the head an arm.</p><p>Records show Uravage&#8217;s guilty plea comes with associated court costs of slightly more than $160, but also show there are no further payments due, suggesting they&#8217;ve been paid in full.</p><p>Uravage previously grabbed local attention after shoving a 12-year-old girl outside a Quick Stop mart in Wilkes-Barre on May 28, 2017.</p><p>The assault was captured on surveillance cameras, and the footage went viral locally. Uravage pleaded guilty to simple assault and was sentenced by Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas to spend between four and 20 months in the county lockup.</p><p>Lupas noted at the time of sentencing that Uravage was unremorseful.</p><p>Uravage was paroled after serving a bit more than six months of her sentence. She appealed her sentence, which was upheld by the state Superior Court before her release, calling her a &#8220;present danger to the community.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Woman who shoved girl pleads guilty to spitting at nurses