Florida woman brandishes gun at Walmart staff over rejected $1 coupon

Police arrested a 61-year-old Florida woman for allegedly pointing a gun at Walmart employees, threatening them after the store refused to honor her coupon for $1 off of a purchase and later attacking authorities.

The Smoking Gun reported on Monday that Mary Frances Alday was arrested on March 1 and charged with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count apiece of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence stemming from a confrontation in which she allegedly took a Smith & Wesson .38 caliber gun out of her car and pointing it at the staff saying, "I have something for y'all."

The Wakulla County Sheriff's Department said in a release that the Crawfordsville, Florida resident "became verbally abusive" toward the store's assistant manager, Tracy Stockslager, when Stockslager said the store's policy prevented them from honoring the coupon.

Alday allegedly hit Stockslager with her shopping cart while being escorted out of the store and warned the staff not to follow her. When Stockslager said she intended to get Alday's license plate number, Alday allegedly said, "If you follow me, I have something in my car for you."

After going outside, Alday allegedly pulled the weapon out of her car and pointed it at the staff before leaving the scene in a 2011 Ford Escape. When authorities pulled her over later that evening, the department said, her pattern of belligerence continued.

When asked if she had a weapon in the vehicle, she allegedly told Sgt. Danny Harrell, "Yes, I have a concealed weapons permit, and you are not taking my gun." She also refused to give up the weapon when asked where it was.

Authorities said Harrell was forced to use a taser on Alday when she "reached over the console for something in the passenger seat" after she refused to get out of her vehicle. The gun was found in a console in the center of the vehicle.

Alday is currently in jail while she awaits her first court appearance.

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