Couple arrested after woman beats worker at Troy restaurant, man drives drunk to police station

TROY (WWJ) -- A restaurant worker in Troy was beaten up after he asked a couple to stop smoking inside.

Troy police were called to the Mon Jin Lau Restaurant on Maple Road in the early hours of Oct. 14 after receiving reports that a couple was engaged in an altercation with an employee.

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After receiving multiple complaints about the couple smoking indoors, the worker attempted to get the man and woman to leave, and was hit in the face with a can of Red Bull and shoved by the woman.

When security stepped in to escort the couple from the building, the man and woman reportedly spit at and bit staff members. Police say both were drunk.

The 25-year-old woman from Dearborn was arrested for assault. Meanwhile, the 26-year-old man from Detroit ended up driving to the Troy police station -- where he was busted for drunk driving.

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