Ms Glass had reportedly texted a fellow bartender, Timothy Banks, while serving Hight, saying: "Spencer has a big knife on the bar and is spinning it and just asked for his tab and said I have to go do some dirty work ... Psychoooooooo."<doc-sep>A mural of George Floyd is shown in the intersection of 38th St & Chicago Ave on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Community members continue preparations during the third day in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with multiple counts of murder in the death of George Floyd. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 01: President Donald Trump's lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks to journalists outside the White House West Wing July 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. 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(CNN) — A bartender has been arrested more than a year and half after she served a man drinks before he went on a shooting spree and killed eight people at a football watch party. The bartender, Lindsey Glass, 27, was arrested and charged last week with selling alcohol to an intoxicated person in violation of part of the Texas alcoholic beverage code that prohibits “Sale to Certain Persons.” The charge is a misdemeanor, her attorney, Scott Palmer, told CNN Wednesday. Glass was working at Local Public House in Plano, Texas, on September 10, 2017, when she served Spencer Hight five drinks before he left the bar and shot his estranged wife and seven other people, according to a police report. Hight was served four times by Glass during two visits, according to the arrest affidavit. The first visit was near 2:30 in the afternoon and the second visit was about four hours later. He drank two well gins in the afternoon and two beers and a shot in the latter visit. The affidavit states that Glass texted a coworker, Timothy Banks, from the bar about her concern over Hight’s behavior and asked him to come talk to Hight, according to the police report. In the texts, Glass tells Banks that Hight is “drunk and being weird” and “keeps saying he has to put someone in his place,” the affidavit says. She also said in texts, “I think he was at another bar while he was gone.” Hight was seen on surveillance video from the bar walking into tables, spinning a knife with about a 6.5-inch blade and pulling a gun from his waistband, according to the affidavit. When Banks arrived at the bar, Hight told him that he had to “take care of business” and “put someone in their place,” the police report stated. Both Glass and Banks tried to stop Hight from leaving the bar property and then left the bar to try to locate him, according to the affidavit. After they found Hight at the house where the shootings later occurred, Glass called 911 and reported she had a friend in danger who was in possession of a gun and a knife, according to the warrant. The police report says Banks drove Glass back to the bar, then headed to the house, which belonged to Hight’s estranged wife. She and friends were inside watching the Dallas Cowboys game. Banks flagged down a uniformed Collin County Sheriff’s Deputy and told him about Hight’s concerning behavior, but they were unable to reach the scene before emergency crews began responding to the shooting, according to the police report. KTVT Police vehicles are see outside a home in Plano, Texas, after eight people were shot dead at a gathering where people were to watch a Dallas Cowboys game on the night of Sunday, September 10, 2017. A Plano police officer responded to the scene and shot and killed Hight during a shootout, Plano Police Chief Greg Rushin said in 2017. Hight was found to have a blood alcohol content of .333 during an autopsy, more than four times the legal limit. Palmer, Glass’ attorney, said in a statement Tuesday that “Lindsey was the only person who tried to stop Hight.” Palmer says that during her interviews with detectives, they commended her for her actions and the lives that she saved. The Plano Police Department issued a warrant for Glass on the same day a civil suit against her was dismissed, Palmer’s statement said. “When Lindsey went to work on September 10, 2017 there was no suggestion that her life would change forever – certainly no suggestion that (Spencer) Hight would do something to forever change Lindsey’s life. But as the events of that evening slowly unfolded into a gory and tragic climax, Lindsey stands as the only person who tried to stop Spencer Hight. To prosecute her for her acts that night is wrong,” the attorney’s statement said. No court date has been set yet for the case, Palmer told CNN. Glass faces a $100 to $500 fine, a year in jail, or both, if she’s convicted. CNN’s Nicole Williams contributed to this report<doc-sep>
A bartender who served a Texas man on the night he killed eight people at his ex-wife's house has been arrested and faces charges in connection with the incident. Lindsey Glass served the shooter, Spencer Hight, in September 2017 at a local bar in Plano, Texas, where he appeared to be drunk and brandished weapons, police and state officials said in a report by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. After leaving the bar, Hight stormed into the home of his former wife, who was having a viewing party of a Dallas Cowboys game. He killed her and seven others before dying in a police shootout at the scene. An autopsy of Hight showed his blood-alcohol level was more than four times the legal limit. Last week, police arrested Glass on a misdemeanor charge of violating the state's alcoholic beverage code, which says a person can be held liable for selling “an alcoholic beverage to a habitual drunkard or an intoxicated or insane person." Glass has not been formally charged and is out on bail. She faces up to a year in prison, a fine of $500, or both. Glass’ attorney, Scott Palmer, said the charge is ludicrous. Glass attempted to make sure Hight was OK and to prevent him from doing anything dangerous, Palmer said in a statement to NBC News "It is shameful of the Plano Police Department to go after the person who was vital in trying to stop the horrific events of that evening," Palmer said, adding that "Lindsey stands as the only person who tried to stop Spencer Hight." Download the NBC News app for breaking news Palmer said it was Glass who called 911, and that she was supposed to be at the party where some of her friends died. He said her arrest is "not in the interest of justice" and is "a last-ditch effort by the Plano PD to make someone pay." Investigators say Glass should have known not to serve Hight, as she had been trained and certified by the state to identify and avoid the sale of alcohol to intoxicated customers, an affidavit obtained by NBC News said. Texts that Glass sent that night about Hight said he was "drunk and being weird" and described him as "Psychoooooo," according to the affidavit. Palmer said he finds the allegations against his client puzzling because detectives "commended Lindsey for her actions and praised her for the lives that she saved" in the aftermath of the shooting. The lawyer said he believes responsibility rests solely on the shooter. The Local Public House lost its license to sell alcohol in 2018, after officials cited its negligence to report Hight's concerning behavior that night to the police, the local news station reported. In its settlement with the bar, the state alcohol commission said it "knowingly permitted Spencer Hight to possess a knife over five and a half inches on licensed premises," which violates state law.