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Woman Gets Prison Time Over Burger Argument
Victim Permanently Injured
POSTED: 2:53 p.m. CST December 4, 2003
UPDATED: 4:44 p.m. CST December 4, 2003



HOUSTON -- A Houston woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for running over a fast-food restaurant manager because her drive-through order was wrong, News2Houston reported Thursday.



Victim Glad Violent Burger Dispute Is Over



Waynetta Nolan, 36, was convicted Wednesday of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

On April 23, Nolan became verbally abusive while ordering her meal in the drive-through lane of the McDonald's in the 10400 block of Bissonnet, witnesses said. She was upset at not receiving mayonnaise on her cheeseburger.

When manager Sherry Allen Jenkins, 43, told her to not talk that way, she then went outside to write down Nolan's license number.

The next thing she knew, Jenkins was on Nolan's car.

"I stepped down off the curb to write her license plate number down. I looked at her plate. I put my head down. The next thing I know I was on top of her hood," Jenkins said. "I gave her everything she asked for -- mayonnaise, no mustard, no onions -- everything I could possibly do for this lady -- ma'am, ma'am, ma'am -- and it still was not good enough."

"I never intended to hit this lady. I (go) to this McDonald's all the time," Nolan told News2Houston Wednesday.

Jenkins' pelvis was broken in two places. She still walks with a limp, and probably always will, she said. Jenkins will undergo two more surgeries.



"I'm happy -- just very, very happy. I'm satisfied with what they gave her. I think the jury did an excellent job and I really appreciate everything they did," Jenkins said.

Nolan faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

It took jurors approximately three hours to decide on punishment.

"We had a hard time talking about how many years we were going to give her. People wanted to give her five, wanted to give her more, less. We just had a real hard time," said Kenneth Lazoya, a juror.

"Miss Nolan is thankful that they didn't give her the 20 years. We think that even though they felt that this was something atrocious, they were fair in their deliberation, " said Troy Wilson, Nolan's attorney.

Nolan must serve five years in prison before she is eligible for parole.

Nolan was also accused of assault in a 1997 traffic incident where she allegedly hit someone over the head with a club. She has also been arrested on prostitution charges, News2Houston reported.

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