APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The woman who allegedly tried to rob a fast-food restaurant at gunpoint had been fired by the store.
Melissa Mann, 42, is charged with attempted armed robbery for the Nov. 16 incident at a Greenville McDonald’s. She is being held on a $50,000 cash bond, and returns to court Dec. 9 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.
Prosecutors say the incident began when a woman ordered a soda in the drive-thru. At the first drive-up window, she showed a gun and demanded money from the till. One worker left the station to get another employee, and by the time they returned, the suspect had driven away, the complaint states.
After initially denied her role in the incident, Mann admitted to it, according to the criminal complaint.
“I’m broke. I can’t even afford a pack of cigarettes. I used to work there and they fired me,” the complaint quotes Mann as saying. “Melissa indicated she went there because she knew the employees and managers don’t care and don’t pay attention.”
