Georgia Woman Arrested For Pulling Gun on Pro Wrestler

RINGGOLD, GA -- A Georgia woman who got angry at a pro wrestler has been arrested for approaching the ring and pointing a handgun at the wrestler and his manager.

Patricia Anne Crowe, 59, of Lafayette, Ga., faces charges including aggravated assault and reckless conduct.

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office says Crowe was attending a local wrestling event in Ringgold on Saturday with about 160 other people when she got angry at a local wrestler known as "Nature Boy" Paul Lee.

"He was talking mean to me, and I got mad," Crowe said, according to a sheriff's office report. "I guess I just let my temper get the better of me and I pulled my pistol on him."

According to the report, Lee had just finished a match in which he wrapped up another wrestler in tape. Crowe left her seat, witnesses said, and started to cut that wrestler free. When Lee tried to tell her to stop, and that it was just part of the show, "she pulled out a gun from her purse and pointed it at him."

Lee's wrestling manager Robbie Rude (real name, Robert Stinnton) approached Crowe, who turned toward him, pointing the gun "almost between his eyes," according to the report.

Lee told officers that Crowe was waving the gun around in a way that endangered him, Stinnton and the rest of the people in the auditorium. Deputies later confirmed that the handgun was loaded.

Eventually, Lee and a group of other people were able to talk Crowe into giving him the handgun, a .380 Taurus.

She was in a van, being watched by a security officer, when sheriff's deputies arrived. Crowe was taken to Catoosa County Jail and booked without incident, the report said.

(Photo courtesy Catoosa County Sheriff's Office.)