Tara Mauney, Texas mom, charged with helping kids vandalize home with chicken and toilet paper, police say

(CBS/AP) COLLEYVILLE, Texas - Tara Mauney, a 41-year-old North Texas mother, has been charged in an alleged neighborhood prank using raw chicken, mustard and peanut butter to cause $6,000 in damage.

Mauney is charged with felony criminal mischief in the July incident. She's free on $7,500 bond.

The Colleyville woman allegedly helped several middle school students buy toilet paper to litter a residence where some girls were having a sleepover. Mustard and peanut butter were smeared or used to write graffiti. Chicken was left in a mailbox.

Although Mauney denied involvement in the incident, police say she posed for a photo with some youngsters at a store where police believe the purchases were made, CBS DFW reports.

Police say no children have been charged but two boys have acknowledged taking part in the vandalism.