Former Columbia County Commissioner Scott Dean’s adopted daughter was arrested Friday for allegedly shoplifting at the Augusta Mall.
Marlin Azucena Dean, 21, of Ansley Court, Augusta, was charged Friday with shoplifting. She is accused of shoplifting from the Sears at Augusta Mall, according to sources.
The Jail Report is working to get the incident report for the alleged theft.
Marlin Dean last made news in December 2012 when she pleaded guilty to burglary in Columbia County for stealing jewelry from her adoptive mother and selling it at pawn shops. Superior Court Chief Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet sentenced the young woman to seven years probation, with credit for time served since her July 21, 2012 arrest, under the First Offender Act. Dean, 19 at the time, was ordered to pay $17,100 in restitution and a $500 fine.
Marlin Dean’s adopted father, Scott Dean, was convicted in December 2011 of molesting another of his adopted daughters. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
The allegations about Scott Dean surfaced when Marlin Dean ran away from home. She was later found in Mexico and told investigators by phone that Scott Dean had tried to have sex with her. She later recanted.