CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A woman charged with breaking into a West Ashley home and burning the owner’s belongings pleaded guilty Wednesday but walked out of the courtroom remaining a free woman.

Charleston Judge Debra McCaslin accepted a negotiated plea deal that gave Evelyn Pollard a five-year sentence, suspended to 27 months of probation. McCaslin stated she could not intervene with the assistant solicitor and public defenders’ decision, as it was part of a negotiated plea deal for probation.

On Jan. 7, 2025, Pollard, along with co-defendants Christopher “Nate” Marcum and Daniel Byrd, was charged with breaking and entering into a home on Dogwood Road , along with destroying the personal property of the people who lived in the home.

Pollard will spend the first nine months in resi

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