A woman allegedly pulled out a gun on McDonald’s employees — all after they initially did not give her a free cookie. Amari Bente Hendricks, 24, faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, and other charges, records show.
This all happened on Thursday morning at a McDonald’s on state road 434, according to police in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Restaurant employees said Hendricks was at the drive-thru window, arguing with one of them. She allegedly maintained that she was entitled to a free cookie because an employee did not ask her about a reward program.
Hendricks, described by police as “yelling and irate,” argued with the manager, and she kept arguing even after getting a free cookie, according to the arrest documents. She allegedly went as far as to pull out a gun.
“Once Hendricks grabs the handgun [the manager] sees Hendricks insert a magazine into the handgun and rack the slide,” police wrote. The manager heard her chamber a round into the firearm, according to documents.
The manager said she feared for her life because of this and backed out of the drive thru window out of sight, though she did not remember Hendricks making any direct threats to her.
“[Another employee], who was standing in the area of the drive thru window, sees Hendricks point the firearm towards the drive thru window where he is standing, and said he was able to see down the barrel of the firearm,” police wrote. “[He] does not believe the firearm was...
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