Florida man threatened employees with gun when chicken wings order was late, police say

KIRO 7 News ^ | January 28, 2023 | Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

NAPLES, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of pulling a gun on restaurant employees when his online order of chicken wings was nearly an hour late, authorities said.

Matthew James Davis, 35, of Naples, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office online booking records.

The sheriff’s office said that Davis threatened employees at a Wingstop restaurant in Naples, WINK-TV reported.

According to an arrest affidavit, Davis placed an online order for chicken wings at 8:39 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2021. The store promised that his order would be ready at 8:58 p.m., but when he arrived at 9:40 p.m. the food was not ready.

The sheriff’s office said that Davis was angry and began pacing in the waiting area. He was not mollified when an employee offered him a free drink while he waited, WBBH-TV reported.

According to the affidavit, Davis reportedly told employees that he was “going to get my strap (gun).”

“They going to see that I’m not playing,” Davis allegedly said.

At that point, Davis left the restaurant and retrieved a gun from his white van.

Employees and witnesses later told authorities that they feared for their lives, according to the affidavit.

“I can’t even imagine, you know, that somebody, because their order took too long or they didn’t like how it came out? “ Gregory Garcia told WINK. “It’s like OK, then you don’t go there again, but to pull a gun on somebody over something as silly as that as an order not being to their satisfaction.

“I mean, that’s getting kind of nuts.”

After a preliminary investigation, Davis met with sheriff’s detectives on Wednesday. According to the arrest affidavit, Davis told detectives that his outburst occurred several weeks after his mother’s death and that he was “stressed out.” He added that the gun was not loaded and that he merely intended to “intimidate” the restaurant employees.

Davis was arrested and booked into the Collier County Jail. He posted bail on Friday and will appear in court on Feb. 20, online court records show.

[libertylover]

“They going to see that I’m not playing,” Davis allegedly said.

My guess didn't match the picture this time.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Wings don't have much meat on them. To chub up like that, fastso must have been eating wings by the buckets.

[BudgieRamone]

dunno, but the same chain exists in my neck of the woods. Took kiddos there for lunch. it took 45 minutes to get our order. Wings were meh, it was expensive, I will go to Zaxby’s next time I want over priced wings and a soda.

[skepsel]

Tiss, ba-doom!

[muir_redwoods]

I’m guessing that tub o’lard hasn’t waited much ever for his food. He’ll make somebody a nice soft girlfriend in prison.

[Rockingham]

I lived in Naples some years ago and visited a number of times since. Like most areas of Florida, even as each spurt of prosperity and development builds bigger, newer, shinier, and more expensive, the old residential neighborhoods remain and often go into decline. They can become the places where the houses are run down, rents and house payments are less, and where the working class live and struggle to keep up.

If you know where to look, the disparities between rich and poor neighborhoods are especially pronounced in Florida's wealthiest coastal cities like Naples. Due to escalating land values and easy zoning, new commercial development tends to screen off the poor areas if you simply drive by. Check the neighborhoods behind the strip offices and shops though and you may see what I mean. The roofers, landscapers, receptionists, restaurant workers and such have to live somewhere.