An assistant manager of a South Carolina Burger King was arrested earlier this month for allegedly taking fires out of a trash can and serving them to customers, according to local news outlets.
Police from Union, S.C., confirmed that an arrest had been made in the case recently. Audacy also requested further information about the case.
According to FOX Carolina, police were called to the Burger King location July 9 “in reference to a disturbance” and arrested two women who were “arguing with the staff, making threats and using profanity.”
At first police tried to calm the women down but “they were still being loud and boisterous,” said the report.
Just two days later, police received another call related to the location. These complaints alleged that fries had been thrown in a trashcan and then served to customers.
“Officers said 39-year-old Jaime Christine Major took fries from the trash and put them in the fry dump where freshly cooked fries were placed on top,” FOX Carolina said. Major was arrested and charged with malicious tampering with human food. WYFF 4 said the accusation was included in an arrest warrant.
South Carolina’s Code of Laws states that “it is unlawful for a person to maliciously tamper with a human drug product or food item with the intent to do bodily harm to a person,” and that “a person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than 20 years.”
This isn’t the first stomach-turning fast food story Audacy has reported this year. These include a Popeyes employee being shot in the butt while at work, the body of an Arby’s employee being found in the restaurant’s freezer and a lawsuit over McDonald’s chicken nuggets.
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