[kellyhound]

A woman was arrested after she drove through the wall of a Minden coin shop told deputies she’d only had one drink.

Driver Cheryl Kaye Smith, 74, and a male passenger were in a handicapped spot in the parking lot shared by Saletti’s restaurant and Northern Nevada Coin around 4:30 p.m.

The Pontiac Grand Am backed into a Honda parked in front of Saletti’s. Witnesses said it then pulled forward in an “aggressive manner,” and accelerated into the side of the coin store.

Smith allegedly backed up and struck the coin store wall a second time. On the third attempt, she punched through the building’s brick wall and into the shop.

Smith reportedly told a deputy that she’d only had one vodka, and that she knew she was going to jail.

In a video of the incident, employees can be seen scrambling over counters to get out of the way of the white Pontiac.

One employee is seen carrying a gun, but didn’t leave the store.

First reports were that there was a man with a gun at the scene, but it was determined to be the owner of the Honda.

He told deputies that while he had the firearm on his hip, he never removed it from its holster.

There were six employees in the shop.

Both Smith and her passenger were freed from the vehicle. Smith was taken for medical examination before being booked on charges of driving under the influence, assault with a deadly weapon and felony destruction of property.

Smith was released after family members posted $31,509 bail on Friday morning. No hearing date was available on Friday.

A Douglas County building inspector responded to the building, and deemed the structure unsound.

The shop will be closed until further notice.

[Xfactor]

Look at this nasty bitch. No remorse for what she did. Chances are the business will close.

[vagabond]

Wow! glad I quit drinkin' when I did

[Shakey]

There's more to this story.

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by Shakey ↗

There's more to this story.

Yup. Shakey did it.

They were likely strung-out and needing money to score. Coin-collector stores are "rich" in currency, but poor in viable currency.

Just a couple of junkies on a last-hurrah, IMO.

[spudigitti]

Idiots...

[watchdevil]

Pontiac Sunbird. Too bad it wasn't newer with airbags that would have blown up in her face.

[Kelseecat65]

Fucking old people driving.
They are a menace to society.

[phuckphace]

Pontiac Sunturd. Three tries to get through a wall you could punch through.