DAVIE, Fla. — A man is accused of attacking employees of a South Florida McDonald’s restaurant because the workers took too long to fill his order, authorities said.
Daniel Suarez-Tellez, 21, appeared before a Broward County judge on Wednesday, charged with aggravated assault and battery after the alleged incident on Monday night WSVN reported.
Suarez-Tellez was seen on a surveillance camera pulling up to a McDonald’s drive-thru in Davie at about 10:45 p.m, the television station reported.
Employees told police that they asked him to park to wait for the rest of his large order -- and that’s when Tellez allegedly got upset.
“He pulled up to the drive-thru to get his order,” Jermaine Harp, a restaurant employee, told WSVN. “He was a little bit upset during the time, speaking to the manager, so he told him, ‘Park your car because the lobby is locked at the time. We close at 10 o’clock.’”
Another employee, Sarathel Allen, told WPLG that Suarez-Tellez ordered six hamburgers that needed to be cooked and also orders of French fries.
“When I came to the window to give it to him, he was so drunk, he couldn’t understand,” Allen told the television station.
That’s when Allen said Suarez-Tellez began to attack her.
“He went to arguing and yelling at me, he went to pushing the door on me as I am giving the bag to his friend,” Allen told WPLG. “I’m like, ‘Sir, why are you doing this?’ And he is like, ‘Y’all took too long with my food.’”
Video shows Suarez-Tellez clutching Allen’s arm through the door as she tried to hand him his food, WTVJ reported. Allen grabbed a metal pole to try and protect herself, but then Tellez took it and began swinging it, the television station reported.
“He kept yanking it and pulling it back and forth,” Allen told WPLG.
“The dude, I guess he was upset about his food,” Harp told WSVN. “I guess it took too long or something, and he tried to open the door, and she tried to pull the door back, and he ended up pushing the door on her arm, so she was injured.”
Fries and burgers were strewn around the restaurant before three employees were able to lock the door.
During his hearing Wednesday, Suarez-Tellez, who was free after posting $3,500 bail, was ordered by the judge not to return to the McDonalds, WPLG reported.
“That’s perfect,” Suarez-Tellez answered.