Kentucky Woman Charged with Breaking Into Bar, Hanging Out Until Employees Arrived

Donna Martin was charged with burglary and public intoxication

Donna Jean Martin
Photo: Georgetown Police Department

A Kentucky woman remains behind bars after she allegedly broke into a local bar and stuck around until employees arrived.

Officers were dispatched to the Slaínte Public House in Georgetown, Kentucky, around 8 a.m. local time on Monday morning for a report of a burglary, the Georgetown Police Department said in a statement.

When they arrived, they discovered Donna Martin, 35, sitting in the bar area of the pub.

Police said Martin broke into Slaínte early Monday morning and was found by employees who had come in to open the business.

She was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary, a class D felony, and public intoxication of a controlled substance excluding alcohol, a class B misdemeanor, online records show.

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Martin was booked into the Scott County Detention Center just after 10 a.m. local time on Monday, and is due in court on Aug. 20, the records show.

It was not immediately clear if Martin had retained legal representation.

“Well, she has good taste. She picked the best bar in the country, and like every Kentucky girl, she knows how to pick a good bourbon,” a spokesperson for Slaínte tells PEOPLE.

The Georgetown Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Georgetown is a small city of about 34,000 people that sits 70 miles east of Louisville.

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