Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 24
Maryland Deputies Arrest 30-Year-Old Woman After Allegedly Brandishing Loaded Gun at Taco Bell
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 24

Maryland Deputies Arrest 30-Year-Old Woman After Allegedly Brandishing Loaded Gun at Taco Bell

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 24

Summary

  • Ashley Andrews, 30, was arrested June 18 after Queen Anne’s County deputies said she lifted her shirt to show a handgun during a dispute over a delayed order at a Chester, Maryland, Taco Bell.
  • Employees told deputies Andrews challenged staff to “meet her outside,” used threatening language and kept arguing while placing her hand on the gun’s grip.
  • Deputies detained Andrews and another person from her group at the scene, then recovered a loaded firearm from Andrews’ person.
  • Surveillance footage and an employee’s video appeared to support the workers’ account, and Andrews was charged with second-degree assault, handgun on person, disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment.
  • Court records cited by Law&Crime show she was held on $5,000 bond before posting bail the next day; she was banned from the property and has a July court appearance after requesting a speedy trial.

Insights

How might this case test Maryland's new sentencing laws and its documented racial disparities in firearm convictions?
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