Pastor accused of trying to throw a cook into a deep fryer at McDonald's for 'disrespecting' his wife

Sat, 12/30/2023 - 12:05

An employee takes a basket of French fries out of the fryer at a branch of the McDonald's fast food chain on Martin-Luther-Strasse in Giesing. The branch opened its doors on 4 December 1971 as the first McDonald's branch in Germany. — A McDonald's deep fryer can hit temperatures of 400° F.
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A church pastor in North Carolina was arrested on allegations he attacked a cook in a McDonald's.
He was called in by his wife, the manager-in-training, who claimed staff were "disrespecting" her.
The pastor had to be restrained by staff until police arrived and charged him with assault.

Police have accused a North Carolina pastor of attacking a McDonald's cook and trying to push him into a deep fryer.

Dwayne Waden, 57, was arrested on Thursday and charged with assault after police were called to a McDonald's branch on S Main Street in High Point, North Carolina.