Crime & Safety
It's Not Mickey Zzz's: Cops Arrest Sleeping Woman in McDonald's Drive-Thru
The 60-year-old woman tried to escape from Lincolnshire police as she was being booked for driving under the influence.
A 60-year-old north suburban woman tried to sleep and run on Lincolnshire police Sunday when cops found her catching some shut eye behind the wheel of her vehicle, which was in a McDonald's drive-thru lane.
Police woke up Kathleen Walsh at about 9 p.m. after they received a report that a woman had fallen asleep in her vehicle while it was in the drive-thru lane of the fast food restaurant in the 400 block of Milwaukee Avenue, according to NBC 5 Chicago. Officers were told that Walsh's vehicle had been blocking the lane for about 20 minutes.
After Walsh was awake, police determined that she was under the influence and took her into custody. At the station, Walsh tried to flee from police as she was being booked, pushing and resisting officers while she was being charged, NBC 5 reports.
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Walsh was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest, attempting escape and public intoxication. Her court date is April 22.
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