MARCH 4--Angered that a Walmart employee refused to honor a
“dollar-off” coupon, a Florida woman allegedly retrieved a handgun from
her car and waved the weapon at several store employees, police allege.
The
confrontation at the Crawfordville store began Friday afternoon when
Mary Frances Alday, 61, sought to use an Internet coupon. Alday became
“extremely upset” when a Walmart assistant manager, Tracy Stockslager,
told her of the retailer’s policy not to accept such online coupons, according to a Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office report.
After having her coupon bid rejected, Alday allegedly called
Stockslager “a bitch and other foul names” and intentionally struck the
worker with a shopping cart. As Alday was escorted out of the store, she
reportedly warned Stockslager, 48, not to follow her. The Walmart
worker replied that “she was going to get her vehicle license plate
number.”
“If you follow me, I have something in my car for you,” Alday warned.
As several Walmart employees watched from the store’s entrance, Alday
appeared outside her car “waving the gun in the holster,” reported
investigators. Alday then removed the weapon--a loaded Smith &
Wesson .38 Special--from the holster and pointed it “at all the store
employees and stated ‘I have something for Y’all.’” The Walmart workers
“retreated back inside the building due to being in fear for their
lives.”
Alday, who fled the Walmart parking lot in a 2011 Ford Escape, was subsequently pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy who asked if there was a firearm in the SUV. “Yes,
I have a concealed weapons permit, and you are not taking my gun.”
Asked about the gun’s location, Alday replied, “You’re not taking my
gun.”
Alday twice refused the deputy’s request to exit the auto, and was
tasered when she “reached over the console for something in the
passenger seat.” Alday was then dragged from the car and handcuffed. The
gun was found in the vehicle’s center console.
Seen in the above mug shot, Alday was charged with four counts of
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of battery. She
was booked into the county jail, where she remains in custody in advance
of an initial court appearance.
Sheriff’s reports do not indicate the Walmart item for which Alday was seeking to save a dollar.
Article courtesy of The Smoking Gun
I hope none of you do this or get this angry. I know I have encountered some employees from stores that do not understand their own coupon policy and it frustrates me BUT I would never cuss or put on a show. I would simply ask for the store manager and if they too are incompetent then I go to the higher ups.
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