Cape Cod woman arrested for threatening golfers with a rubber gun

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One woman must feel like a dummy for waving what turned out to be a dummy.

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A Cape Cod woman was arrested after allegedly threatening a pair of teenage golfers with a gun.

But apparently the young guys weren’t in much danger at all; the gun turned out to be a rubber dummy.

Chrystal Lawson, 39, surrendered to police on Wednesday after armed officers surrounded her home following reports of some scared teenagers playing golf nearby.

According to a Barnstable Police report, the two young men were playing a round of golf at the Olde Barnstable Fairgrounds in Marstons Mills, Conn., on Wednesday around 4 p.m., when the woman appeared from the tree line and yelled at them to get out. to stay. from her garden.

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“When the golfers responded that they were not in her yard, she presented what appeared to be a black handgun, brandishing it and pointing it at them,” the report said.

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The golfers immediately reported the incident and responding officers closed a portion of a nearby road while a search was conducted for the suspect.

Officers identified Lawson’s property as the likely source of the threat and she emerged without incident as they approached, the statement said.

Upon investigation, officers found no real weapons in her home. They found a pair of rubber guns and a replica pistol magazine.

Lawson was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and was released on personal recognizance. She was due back in Barnstable District Court on Friday.

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