Waffle House Worker Attacked by ‘Small White Country Boys’

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Cobb County, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Three teenagers have been charged with a number of charges after a brawl that left a worker bloodied and beaten broke out at a Cobb County Waffle House.

Cobb County police said Sammy Dodd, 17, of Ball Ground; Daniel Riley, 18 of Calhoun; and Blake Talley-Stewart, 17, or Roswell were identified as suspects in the brawl. Dodd and Talley-Stewart were arrested, but Riley remains at large.

Officials said the fight broke out around 2 a.m. on Sept. 7 at the Waffle House on Sandy Plains Road. Witnesses said a group of teens were asked several times to leave the restaurant but refused. The conflict with the teens escalated when they knocked plates off of the counter, jumped into the kitchen area and attacked an employee. The employee, identified only as Daniel, told police the group put him into a headlock, punched him in the head and called him a racial slur.

Witnesses said several people at the restaurant tried to intervene but were not able to pull the attackers off of the employee. One witness, Ellie Polk, said the attack unfolded in front of her after the worker asked the group to leave.

"Jumped over the counter and had him in a choke hold and started punching him,” she said. “And his friend also jumped in. He was bleeding from his lip a lot, I feel really bad for him.”

She said glass and other detritus was flying through the air as the group began kicking and throwing the dishes. “Me and my friend ran into the bathroom because they were just throwing plates,” she said.

According to police reports, the three were described as “small, white country boys wearing some camo and blue jeans.” Witnesses also said the group appeared to be drunk. Officers said they found cans of Twisted Tea outside of the restaurant.

Vehicles at the scene were later linked to the suspects and to addresses in Canton, Ga. Dodd was charged with battery, disorderly conduct, criminal trespass, criminal trespass with damage and affray. Riley faces similar charges but had not yet been taken into custody. Talley-Stewart was charged with disorderly conduct.

The case remains under investigation, police said.

Police in Santa Ana, Calif., are searching for a woman who allegedly attacked a food truck worker last month. Officials said the woman assaulted the food truck worker in an unprovoked attack that was caught on video.

According to police records, the victim was working in the area of Washington Avenue and Santiago Street on August 9 when the attack took place. The suspect, who was seen in the video wearing only a red oversized T-shirt and black socks, was described as being between 35 and 45 years old.

The video shows the victim working when the suspect suddenly charged at her and began to attack her. She appears in the video to be yelling at the victim throughout the exchange. Surveillance videos also captured a bystander who saw the interaction and ran over to intervene between the employee and the attacker. Once the bystander intervened, the suspect fled but continued to yell at her before leaving the area on foot.

The incident happened in August, but police are asking anyone who can help with the investigation or to identify the woman to reach out.

In Chicago, the community is coming together to support a fast-food location after teens stormed it and beat up an employee.

The owner of the Fatburger restaurant said several teenagers busted through the doors of her business and jumped one of her employees. A month after the first incident another group of teens jumped the counter at the restaurant and attacked another employee. At one point, according to video of the incident, someone produced a gun and told others to leave the restaurant.

Community members and local politicians joined the owner last week to protest the attacks. The owner said she hopes the community support will help her protect her employees from being attacked and disrespected.

"All of my employees, they ran. They were so fearful. It was just so heartbreaking watching all the surveillance cameras. They're running for their lives," Fatburger owner Jackie Jackson said. "I didn't want anybody to retaliate. I didn't want to bring any attention to the store. It was just something that I suffered with for the last nine months."

Police said no one has been arrested in either of the incidents.

"Enough is enough. We're going to stand behind this. I mean, there was a time back in the day where this type of stuff wouldn't happen because we protected our own interests within. Right? We wouldn't tear up what we have in our communities," Early Walker, a community activist, said. "Right? Which is why these types of establishments are scared to come into communities these days. Right? And so, I would just say, I mean, honestly, it's going to take us to save us."

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