A North Carolina pastor has allegedly tried to deep fry a cook at McDonald’s because he allegedly ‘disrespected’ his wife. Dwayne Waden was arrested on assault charges for allegedly attacking the employee at the High Point location, where his wife is also a manager.
According to the police report obtained by the Mirror UK, Waden’s wife, 44-year-old Latoya Gladney, spoke to her husband
about the disrespect she encountered from her staff. The husband allegedly pulled up to the McDonald’s to confront one of the alleged culprits, Theodore Garlington. Waden allegedly punched the cook numerous times before attempting to plant his face into the deep fryer, holding him by his neck. However, other employees got involved to stop Waden. The police document detailed witness accounts of what happened.“The listed witnesses advised that the offender came into the McDonalds on S Main Street, walked around the counter and placed his hands around the neck of the victim, pushing his head toward the deep fryer,” as explained by the report. “The offender also punched the offender several times on the face and did not stop until several employees pulled the offender off of the victim.”
After forgoing an ambulance to be taken to the hospital by relatives, the 34-year-old McDonald’s employee was recorded having a “large contusion to the forehead and right eye, along with scratches on his neck.”
However, the details of the disrespect against Gladney, which prompted the alleged assault, remained unclear.
Waden was subsequently arrested on a misdemeanor charge of assault after the local police reviewed the security footage depicting the ordeal. The 57-year-old man of God is a pastor at Elevated Life International Ministries in Thomasville, North Carolina, and he also works as a semi-truck driver. His bond was $1,000, with an expected trial date of Jan. 22.