A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order.
According to WKYT, 33-year-old Nayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July.
An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving her position in the drive-through line. Instead of leaving the property entirely, police said she drove around the building and entered the restaurant’s parking lot.
Authorities allege Roman then parked her vehicle, opened the trunk, and removed an AR-15-style rifle. The arrest citation claims she pointed the firearm at an employee in a “threatening manner.” Roman allegedly returned to her vehicle and drove away shortly afterward.
The employee was left to process a situation that allegedly escalated from a slow order to the presence of a high-powered weapon. While fast food customers regularly complain about long lines, incorrect orders and slow service, the allegations connected to this situation are far beyond a heated exchange at the window.
Investigators reportedly used multiple forms of evidence to identify Roman. Police reviewed security footage from the KFC and used the video to identify the vehicle involved in the incident. Officers then compared the footage with police body camera recordings from earlier traffic stops involving that vehicle.
Police also presented a photo lineup to the employee, who reportedly identified Roman as the person involved. The combination of the restaurant surveillance, previous body camera footage, and the employee’s identification ultimately led authorities to Roman.
Roman was taken into custody in late July and charged with one count of first-degree wanton endangerment. Jail records showed Roman was booked into the Fayette County Detention Center on Monday, July 27. LEX 18 reported that she was arrested on July 28, creating a one-day difference between the published timelines.
Under Kentucky law, first-degree wanton endangerment applies when someone allegedly displays extreme indifference to human life and creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury. The statute classifies the offense as a Class D felony. It becomes a Class C felony when a firearm is discharged during the offense. None of the reviewed reports allege that Roman fired the rifle.
The charge connected to the KFC rifle arrest remains an allegation and does not amount to a conviction. As of August 3, Law and Crime reported that Roman’s next court appearance had not been publicly confirmed. No plea, conviction, or final legal outcome was included in the latest available reporting.
Beyond the legal process, the case puts another spotlight on what restaurant workers may face while simply trying to complete a shift. Employees have no control over every delay happening inside a busy kitchen, yet the person working the window often becomes the most accessible target for a customer’s frustration.
No matter how Roman felt in the moment, the arrest now means navigating a felony case connected to what reportedly began as impatience over food. For the employee, it means being placed at the center of an encounter that allegedly became threatening without warning.
6 replies on “Oh Dear! (Sure am glad that I hate Chicken!)”
Now I like fried chicken just as much as the next guy. I even have my own spice blend and recipe. Cooking good fried chicken is like cooking a good pan of biscuits. You don’t just wake up one morning and say holy shit babe, invite the whole family over I’m cooking chicken. Same thing with biscuits and flour tortillas.
It takes time to get the technique and the feel of cooking fried chicken. Like 20- 30 runs at frying chicken to get it right.
Now the ham beast in question never learned how to cook chicken from her mother and I am willing to bet her mother can cook chicken. So, she evidently does not know that 13 min at 320 will cook chicken just right if you use three-pound birds and dark meat just a hair longer because it has more fat and nobody wants slimy and or undercooked chicken. Cook the dark meat first and then throw in the white meat and when it floats take it off.
The only knowledge she had was she wanted Boc Boc and she wanted it now.
While waiting for her chicken she was driven insane by the smell of chicken with none to eat and pulled an AR on a store employee. Thinking better of it she left without her chicken and probably drove down to a popeyes chicken and got her chicken fix.
I would give her points for not firing the rifle.
Hmm, diminished capacity might just make it a good legal defense. Seeing that one can never know what a jury will do. Anyways, I hope that somebody can use this recipe of yours. But I just loathe the stuff unless I am REALLY STARVING! Thanks
Grumpy
I do believe you are the only man I have ever know that did not like fried yard bird. Plenty of women avoid the fried bird because it is unhealthy and blows their diet but deep down inside, they want the fried chicken. Men on the other hand love and will eat anything that taste good despite it being unhealthy.
The old racist jokes about fried chicken, watermelon and Schlitz Malt liquor tall boys never made sense to me. I figured everyone loved these things.
Well what can I say but that it’s a Grumpy thing! The funny thing is that I just love Scrambled Eggs. Go figure! Anyways Thanks for the comment! Grumpy
Not a fan of fried chicken, too greasy for my tastes. Now i like grilled chicken and butter chicken. Breakfast for tge last few years is usually 3 eggs whipped with chia seeds, pepper, garlic salt and finely diced green onions and sone parsley. Cook it in a small pan then flip it over, let it puff up then put shredded cheese on top of half of it. Flip the other half onto the cheese (looks like 2 egg layers with cheese between). Then serve with a spicy homemade mayo on top.
Parsley Huh! I might have to give that one a try soon, Thanks and I did not know that I had some may cooks out there. By the way a shot of cream or half and half works well with eggs too.
Grumpy