A 20-year-old woman pled guilty Friday to a federal misdemeanor charge of vandalizing the HerChoice pregnancy center in Bowling Green on April 15.
Whitney M. Durant, aka Soren Monroe, of Worthington, was accused defacing the clinic’s building, 531 Ridge St.,by spray painting the words, “LIARS,” “Fund Abortion,” “Abort God,” and “Jane’s Revenge” on the building.
She was a BGSU student at the time.
The press release from the U.S. Department of Justice states, Durant pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits a person from intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility because that facility provides reproductive health services.
A sentencing hearing will be scheduled for April 9. Durant faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison for the misdemeanor charge. A federal Magistrate Judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI Cleveland Field Office, Toledo Resident Agency and Bowling Green Police Department investigated the case.
