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Sep 4, 2008 6:55 am US/Eastern

Woman Sentenced For Tampering With Kids' Vitamins

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A Woburn woman who admitted she switched Flintstones vitamins with candy in stores has been sentenced to two years of probation.

Denise Shannon will spend the first six months of her sentence in home confinement, and was also ordered in federal court on Wednesday to pay a $2,500 fine and $4,500 in restitution.

The 38-year-old Shannon told federal investigators she substituted the chewable vitamins with red-hot candy, jelly beans, M&Ms and gumballs eight to 10 times in 2004 and 2005 at various stores in the Woburn area.

According to a plea agreement, she did it because she felt "violated" after she bought Flintstones vitamins that were tampered with in 2004.

No children were harmed, but one child was taken to the hospital as a precaution.