Man Throws Hot Coffee in McDonald’s Worker’s Face After Waiting Too Long for Fries: Police

Officials in South Carolina are searching for a McDonald’s customer who tossed hot coffee at the face of a female employee while waiting at a drive-thru window in Camden, according to reports.

The Camden Police Department released video footage of a Dec. 22 incident involving a male customer who lashed out after his wait time was too long, reported the Charlotte Observer.

The incident occurred at the McDonald’s on Wall Street in Camden, the police department said.

Officials in South Carolina are searching for a McDonald’s customer who tossed hot coffee at the face of a female employee (Camden Police)

The 16-year-old victim, who was not named, told officers that the man pulled up to the window and asked for French fries “because he was unsatisfied with the service because he was waiting too long,” the police report stated.

The men then asked for the manager, and after they spoke, he started “acting obnoxious,” said police.

The teen girl didn’t want to go back to the window because of the driver’s behavior. He told her that he would throw hot coffee at her, said police, reported the Observer.

The driver then called the teen worker back to the window and threw coffee in her face. She apparently didn’t know that he had taken the lid of the coffee cup, the Observer reported.

Police said the victim didn’t see the car’s license but stated it was a red Ford Focus.

She declined treatment from a first responder.

Police said the victim didn’t see the car’s license but stated it was a red Ford Focus. (Camden Police)

The suspect will face an assault and battery charge if he’s arrested.

Anyone with information about the suspect, as seen in the video, can call the police department at 803-425-6025.

The police report also said that the man may be from the Rembert area, WACH reported.

Police said video surveillance footage confirmed the teen worker’s account, prompting a search for the suspect.

The man got irate and “obnoxious,” said police (Camden Police)

Violent Crime Down Across US

The FBI said that both violent crime and property crime decreased in 2017 compared to 2016. Overall violent crime decreased 0.2 percent from 2016 to last year, while property crime decreased 3 percent during that time, the agency said in September, releasing data from the previous year.

“There were more than 1.2 million violent crimes reported to UCR nationwide in 2017. There was a 0.7 percent decrease in murders and a 4 percent decrease in robberies from 2016 to 2017. Aggravated assaults increased 1 percent in 2017. The FBI began collecting data solely on an updated rape definition last year, and 135,755 rapes were reported to law enforcement in 2017,” the FBI said in its report.

“The report also showed there were more than 7.7 million property crimes last year. Burglaries decreased 7.6 percent and larceny-thefts decreased 2.2 percent. Motor vehicle thefts increased 0.8 percent from 2016 to 2017.”

These figures were compiled from more than 13,000 law enforcement agencies around the United States that submitted their crime data to the FBI.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.