Evansville woman arrested after pointing “Orbeez” gun at her neighbor

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — An Evansville woman is facing an Intimidation with a Deadly Weapon charge after police say she was pointing a gun at her neighbor, which turned out to be an “Orbeez” gun.

Authorities say at Saturday night around 6:55 p.m., Crystal Newton-Henderson approached her neighbor and her daughter with a “black handgun with a barrel.”

Newton-Henderson claimed her neighbor was having sexual relations with her husband.

It is said she fired off a few shots towards the neighbor’s direction however, none of them struck.

When police arrived, Newton-Henderson admitted she “had been drinking a bit tonight.”

She was taken into custody and booked in the Vanderburgh County Jail.

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Crystal Newton-Henderson (Courtesy: Vanderburgh County Jail)

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