Police arrested a woman after they said she waved a handgun in the air while arguing with people waiting behind her at a McDonald's drive-thru.

The argument erupted while Tracey Anne Lemmon, 47, and a male driver were waiting for their food in a Jeep. People waiting behind them grew impatient, and Lemmon pulled the gun, charging documents state.

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Lemmon, of the 2000 block of Carlisle Road, West Manchester Township, was charged with recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

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Argument at the drive-thru

Just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Northern York County Regional Police were sent to the McDonald's drive-thru at 3141 Carlisle Road, Dover Township, for a report of a woman waving a gun.

Lemmon later told police that as she and the driver were waiting for their food at the drive-thru, people behind them got impatient and yelled for them to move forward with their food, documents state.

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"Lemmon advised the employees at McDonald's were moving slow and they had not received their food yet, so both she and (the driver) got out of their Jeep and began to argue with the subjects behind them," documents state.

Lemmon told police someone got out of the vehicle behind her and said, "Do you have anything for me?" to which Lemmon said, "Yes I do. I have a gun," and then retrieved her gun from the center console of the Jeep.

"She advised she did not point the gun at anybody, rather she held it up in the air to make sure the subjects behind her could see it," documents state. "She advised they then got their food and drove off."

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Police had located Lemmon and the male driver after being told the yellow Jeep had headed south on Carlisle Road. They saw that the male was driving erratically and pulled the Jeep over in the 3000 block of Carlisle Road, documents state.

Police ordered Lemmon and the driver out of the Jeep, taking note that they both appeared to be intoxicated — that they smelled of alcohol, had red, glassy eyes and were unsteady on their feet, documents state.

Searching the Jeep, police found driver's licenses for both Lemmon and the driver, their concealed carry permits and a black Walther PK380 handgun in the center console. Police handcuffed Lemmon and put her in the back of a cruiser.

Police also spoke with two McDonald's employees, who told them they could smell an odor of alcohol coming from Lemmon and the driver while they were stopped at the drive-thru. One of the employees said she heard Lemmon yelling "Do you want some of this?" while waving the gun around, documents state.

Lemmon's response

Reached on Thursday, Lemmon said she had been drinking that night but was not "drunk." She said that she and the driver were waiting for their food when four people behind them began cursing at them and berating them for ordering so much food and for it taking so long.

Lemmon answered them with a curse word, and someone in the vehicle behind them said, "B---- get out of the car and bring it," Lemmon said.

"She had something in her hand, but I wasn't sure what it was," Lemmon said.

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Lemmon, who had gotten out of the Jeep, went back to it, retrieved her gun and held it by her waist — not in the air, she said.

"I had it (the gun) in the palm of my hand, my finger was not on the trigger, and the safety was on," she said.

"I asked her, 'Is this what you meant?'" Lemmon said, not "Do you want some of this?" as McDonald's employee said. There was no response from the four in the vehicle.

"Did I intend to hurt anybody? No," she said. "It was just more for scaring (them) and to protect myself if need be."

Trip to Central Booking

During the trip to Central Booking, Lemmon was able to slip out of her left handcuff twice, documents state.

Lemmon said Thursday the cuffs were extremely loose, that she did not mean to slip her hand out, and that she let the officer know each time it happened.

The handgun was found to be owned by Lemmon, and her concealed carry permit was canceled at Central Booking as a result of the charges, documents state.

Lemmon was arraigned on the charges and was released on her own recognizance. She is scheduled for a preliminary hearing before District Judge David C. Eshbach on Oct. 17, according to online court dockets.

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