NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- A judge in Long Island, N.Y., has given a woman until June 10 to quit smoking or she'll have to return to jail to serve out a 15-month sentence for theft.
Diane McCloud, 48, was freed from jail in January by Nassau District Court Judge Francis Ricigliano after her doctor said she had less than six months to live if she didn't receive a new heart, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
At the time of her release, McCloud was entering the seventh month of a felony theft sentence for stealing merchandise from a Target in Westbury.
Recently her doctor notified the Nassau County District Attorney's Office that McCloud had missed several appointments and drug tests and had refused to stop smoking.
In court Monday, McCloud admitted she was still smoking about 4 cigarettes a day.
