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Man fires gun to protest slow service

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ORLANDO, Fla., March 12 (UPI) -- A man decided to let employees at a Denny's restaurant in Florida know he was unhappy about delayed service by firing three shots outside the door, police say.

Frederick Louis Sims, 31, of Orlando was arrested near the restaurant Tuesday afternoon, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Police officers said they found a small quantity of marijuana and a .22-caliber Ruger pistol in Sims's Cadillac Escalade.

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Sims was being held in lieu of $2,600 bail on charges that include possession of the marijuana and firing a weapon in public.

The Ruger was seized by police. Investigators said it had a cartridge in the chamber and four in the magazine.

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