Woman gets 3 to 7 years for shooting over bacon-less burger

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Shaneka Monique Torres leaves the courtroom with her attorney John Beason after being found guilty on all charges related to her shooting a gun into a McDonald’s when she failed to get bacon on her burger, Wednesday, March 25, 2015, in Grand Rapids, Mich. The jury deliberated about an hour before reaching the verdict.

Associated Press

Tue, Apr 21, 2015 (7:25 p.m.)

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan woman has been sentenced to three to seven years in prison for opening fire at a McDonald's restaurant after workers twice failed to put bacon on her burgers.

Authorities say 30-year-old Shaneka Torres became angry in February 2014 when the first burger she ordered at the restaurant's drive-up station was missing bacon. She was offered a free meal, but bacon also wasn't added to a second burger order.

Police say she fired a shot through the restaurant. No one was injured.

A Kent County Circuit Court jury convicted her March 25. Judge Paul Sullivan on Tuesday sentenced her to one to five years for shooting at a building, plus two years for possessing a firearm during a felony.

Torres says she's sorry "but it's over and done with."

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