APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A woman who allegedly tried to rob at gunpoint the fast-food restaurant where she used to work pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
Melissa Mann is charged with attempted armed robbery for the Nov. 16 incident at a Greenville McDonald’s.
No trial date was set. A pre-trial conference was set for May 11.
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 denying 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.”
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