Austin: Gun, wine wielding woman charged in assault
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:34 pm
I for one would LOVE to know Triton Financial's official gun policy. Wonder if their employees are specifically prohibited from carrying a gun for self defense.
This situation could've ended MUCH worse.
Luckily, it seems, this woman was too drunk to remember to load her pistol before entering the business.
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Police: Gun, wine wielding woman charged in assault
Christine Ramsey Cayton had sued Bee Cave's Triton Financial before confrontation.
By Mark Lisheron and Isadora Vail
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 10:19 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
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Upset with how her investments were handled, a 46-year-old Wimberley woman carrying a bottle of wine pulled a handgun Friday on two employees of a Bee Cave liability group she had sued earlier in the week, according to an arrest affidavit.
Employees at Triton Financial, at 12117 Bee Cave Road, were able to get the handgun away from Christine Ramsey Cayton as she tried to open a box of ammunition, according to the affidavit filed Monday. Bee Cave police officers charged Cayton with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
The affidavit said Cayton came into Triton Financial and knocked loudly on the door of an office in which two employees were meeting. The employees said Cayton had a glass of wine and her purse in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other.
Cayton complained that she had been treated badly by the company and said she would not leave until the business returned $125,000 to her. As the employees tried to coax her into a conference room to discuss the matter, Cayton pulled a black handgun from her purse, pointed it at one of the workers and said she wanted her money, the affidavit said.
When Cayton put the gun on a desk to fish a box of bullets out of her purse, one worker grabbed the handgun and the other grabbed Cayton and held her in a conference room until officers arrived, the affidavit said.
According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday against Triton, Cayton and her family had hired the liability company to manage their retirement funds in 2008. They invested $125,000, the suit said, and when Cayton began to ask questions about their investments, she asked for a refund.
The lawsuit says $25,000 has been refunded to Cayton. An attorney with George and Brothers LLC, which is representing Cayton, declined to comment Monday on the criminal or civil cases.
In a statement Monday, Triton CEO Kurt Barton said, "Hopefully, (Cayton) will receive the proper treatment and counseling necessary to prevent this from happening again."
mlisheron@statesman.com; 445-3663
ivail@statesman.com; 445-3763
This situation could've ended MUCH worse.
Luckily, it seems, this woman was too drunk to remember to load her pistol before entering the business.
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Police: Gun, wine wielding woman charged in assault
Christine Ramsey Cayton had sued Bee Cave's Triton Financial before confrontation.
By Mark Lisheron and Isadora Vail
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Updated: 10:19 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14, 2009
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Upset with how her investments were handled, a 46-year-old Wimberley woman carrying a bottle of wine pulled a handgun Friday on two employees of a Bee Cave liability group she had sued earlier in the week, according to an arrest affidavit.
Employees at Triton Financial, at 12117 Bee Cave Road, were able to get the handgun away from Christine Ramsey Cayton as she tried to open a box of ammunition, according to the affidavit filed Monday. Bee Cave police officers charged Cayton with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
The affidavit said Cayton came into Triton Financial and knocked loudly on the door of an office in which two employees were meeting. The employees said Cayton had a glass of wine and her purse in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other.
Cayton complained that she had been treated badly by the company and said she would not leave until the business returned $125,000 to her. As the employees tried to coax her into a conference room to discuss the matter, Cayton pulled a black handgun from her purse, pointed it at one of the workers and said she wanted her money, the affidavit said.
When Cayton put the gun on a desk to fish a box of bullets out of her purse, one worker grabbed the handgun and the other grabbed Cayton and held her in a conference room until officers arrived, the affidavit said.
According to the lawsuit filed Wednesday against Triton, Cayton and her family had hired the liability company to manage their retirement funds in 2008. They invested $125,000, the suit said, and when Cayton began to ask questions about their investments, she asked for a refund.
The lawsuit says $25,000 has been refunded to Cayton. An attorney with George and Brothers LLC, which is representing Cayton, declined to comment Monday on the criminal or civil cases.
In a statement Monday, Triton CEO Kurt Barton said, "Hopefully, (Cayton) will receive the proper treatment and counseling necessary to prevent this from happening again."
mlisheron@statesman.com; 445-3663
ivail@statesman.com; 445-3763
