Windsor Locks Cops Take To Social Media To Clarify McDonald's Incident

WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — Police have taken to social media to clarify and dispel false rumors about an incident at the Route 75 McDonald's on New Year's Day.

"One of our officers was asked what had occurred ... that caused a commotion, and a social media conversation loaded with speculation and inaccuracies (very common in the social media landscape)," police wrote on their Facebook page.

According to police, around 6 p.m., a person walked into headquarters to report a missing person with a history of self-harm and suicidal thoughts and attempts. The person was walking on Elm Street without shoes and soaked from the rain. She got in the car and requested to go to McDonald's, then jumped out of the moving car when asked if she wanted to go to the hospital to talk to someone.

Investigation into her history found local police had just sent her for a psychiatric evaluation on Dec. 30, and she was released the next day, police said.

Around 6:14 p.m., officers located the woman at McDonald's. She was immediately hostile to the officers, then went into the bathroom and locked herself in a stall. She continued to yell at police, but would not communicate about her emotional or mental state, police said.

Based on the woman's disheveled appearance, emotional state, statements made to officers and others, past mental health history and jumping out of a moving car, she was sent to a hospital for another psychiatric evaluation. She remained hostile and disruptive, and refused to cooperate after numerous warnings. Eventually, officers had to remove the woman from the stall and placed her a stretcher, with paramedic assistance, then brought her to the hospital, police said.