Throwing things is not nice and you shouldn’t do it, no matter what it is you’re throwing. In this case, a man is facing a felony assault with a dangerous weapon charge for hurling hot McDonald’s french fries at his stepdaughter during an argument.
The Smoking Gun says the Massachusetts man and his wife were fighting about money after her 11-year-old daughter picked up food at the drive-thru of a McDonald’s. According to cops, as the two argued, the girl “began to interject into the argument in an attempt to get the two to stop fighting.”
That upset the man, apparently, who then “picked up the container of French fries he had just purchased, which were hot and oily, and threw it at [the girl], striking her in the face and chest area.”
She wasn’t hurt, but cops noted that “the heat of the oil could cause burning to skin and eyes.”
The man was arrested after his wife called the police to report the incident, and was told while being cuffed that “he was being charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon to wit french fry.”
He’s free on bail and appeared in court to plead not guilty to the assault and battery count, and was ordered not to have contact with his stepdaughter.
Man Busted For French Fry Attack On Stepdaughter [The Smoking Gun]
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First a chicken sandwich, now fries…all we need now is a thrown soda and I’ll be able to check “Extra Value Meal” off on my Consumerist bingo card.
What the frickety frack; again with the first post. If it wasn’t for your
superior spelling and commenting skills, I would be seriously perturbed.
My secret: I kidnapped a South Korean Starcraft champion and make him type on my behalf. Before my thought it even finished, it’s submitted.
PLEAS HLP ME…I AM TRAPPED IN A GRAY ROOM PLEASE CALL POLICE.
Hah hah hah! Never mind that last post. I caught the typo and accidental plea for help and everything is completely under control. Nothing to see here.
At least your use of gray was “correct”. Now about the pleas and hlp words. . .
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I read this same story on Snopes and they proved it was a hoax
because, as we all know, McDonalds french fries are never hot.
I swear… I would take hot McDonalds fries to the face anytime if it meant that I got hot McDonalds fries.
Next time, order it with no salt. Then they have to fry up a new batch of them.
Personally though, seems every time I find myself in a MickeyD’s (which is not very often, I may add) and order something, I’m always waiting for the fries. Seems they just don’t keep frying them in big batches anymore. Which is a good thing–means the fries are in fact actually hot! Mickey D’s fries are better than any fast food chains’–with the exception on New York Fries, but alas their locations are few and far between, unless you live in mall food courts.)
I would like to order their fries without salt, but I think I’d just end up with an oily carboard frysleeve.
Their fries are not made with potato, but with long NaCl crystals.
French fries are a dangerous weapon o_O
You ever been pelted with fries right out of the cooker? Fu*king things hurt!
Now, I have heard of hot grits and fish grease as potent weapons. These things are good to know!
Any object that is made for benign purposes that is used with intention of causing injury to another person can be considered as a dangerous weapon.
If you attack somebody with something as harmless as a paperback book, that book will be considered as a dangerous weapon in the eyes of the LEO and the court.
Maybe we should introduce this guy to the woman in the previous post. Both enjoy throwing McDonald’s food items. It seems like a good fit!
FOOD FIGHT!!!
Dear God, no. They might reproduce!
You are hereby charged: one, that you did, on or about 11/26, conspire to publicize a London borough in the course of a BBC saga; two, that you were willfully and persistently a foreigner; three, that you conspired to do things not normally considered illegal; four, that you were caught in possession of an offensive weapon, viz, the big brown table down at the police station.
McBullHockey.
McDonalds fries are not hot enough that “the heat of the oil could cause burning to skin and eyes.”
The arresting officer really wrote “to wit”?
Probably. Lots of cops think they are lawyers.
FOOOOD FIIIIGHT!!!
The Smoking Gun says the Massachusetts man and his wife were fighting about money after her 11-year-old daughter picked up food at the drive-thru of a McDonald’s.
Honestly, I’m trying to be sympathetic to this guy, but wasting food when you’re arguing about money kind of undermines your position. Were I in his position, I would probably pick up the fries and eat them all as fast as I could to make my point: that I’m cranky when I’m hungry.
Hot fries at McD? Clearly a fabrication…
You mean for once the fries were actually hot, and he THREW them?!?!?
Okay, so how hot were the fries anyway, if she wasn’t hurt?
What’s next? Arrest a guy who shoots someone with a water pistol, because hey, that water pistol MIGHT have included a toxin, or acid?
Sounds like the cops can now park nearby their favorite fast-food joint, and arrest everyone picking up food in the drive-thru for possession of a dangerous weapon, to wit french fries.
“You got a permit for that?”
I shall throw no fries before their time.
So, the eleven year old was going through the drive through?
The story you are about to hear is true; only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Tuesday, February 12. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch. My partner’s Ben Romero. My name’s Friday.
9:35 We received a call complaining about an establishment handing out dangerous weapons on the cheap to all comers; even selling to minors. We went to investigate.
“All we want are the facts, ma’am”
“You have to understand, I’m only telling you this as a concerned citizen. But I find it upsetting any business would sell dangerous items to children!”
“And what would that be, ma’am?”
“French fries.”
“French fries?”
“Hot and oily french fries!”
“Thank you ma’ma. We’ll get right on it.”
10:32 We drove to the fast-food joint to investigate. We were appalled at what we found. The place was hopping with customers, all purchasing potentially dangerous weapons.
“Call for backup, Ben”
“You got it, Joe.”
10:55 We had the joint surrounded by uniform police, and shut the place down. Another day defending the public in Los Angeles.
The owner, John Stanton, was tried in Department 187 of the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the City and County of Los Angeles, and remanded to the State Penitentiary, San Quentin California.
Have you been watching Dragnet on Netflix?
No need for Netflix. Dragnet lives on a retro TV station in my area. Sadly, I’m old enough to remember when it was broadcast in the late 1960′s, along with its spinoff, Adam 12.
Next up: The Deadly Dozen Doughnuts. D’oh!
I always liked when the 2 shows overlapped. Like when they thought the younger Adam 12 guy (can’t remember his name) was guilty of armed robbery. Or when the Adam 12 guys would show up on Emergency 51.
Was on Nick at Nite back during my early teens.
I don’t know what it is but I can’t handle eating their fries any more. If I do my guts knot up into a ball 2-3 hours later. I blame whatever chemicals they use to coat them. So in my book, just feeding a child McDonalds’ fries is an attack.
That’s one thing about Massachusetts laws/cops that bugs the heck out of me. Literally literally ANY THING qualifies as “a dangerous weapon”. One time I saw a police blotter entry for someone arrested for “assault with a dangerous weapon – a shod foot.” Really?
I should be surprised at the notion that a french fry is a dangerous weapon, but I’m sadly not.
I see that all the time in the police blotter. Massachusetts cops are unreal. Where do they all learn that “Cop accent”? The one where they put R at the end of every word that ends with a vowel?
Is today McDonald’s day?
All I know is that I really want some piping-hot fries right about now >.<
You mean these right here?
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French fries make me strong, bitch.
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Relaxing after a long workout.
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For some reason I kept clicking on your damn links. Shame on you two for posting them… shame on me for knowing where it was heading and clicking on them anyway :/
Was there room for a pony?
I couldn’t find a pony, but I did find a nice horse.
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Actually, I may have found a pony.
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“Yes officer, I assalted her fries.”
and then I a-peppered them.
Good one
In California a deadly weapon is defined as any object, instrument, or weapon that is capable of producing and likely to produce death or great bodily injury. Although a deadly weapon is broadly defined, it would seem that the french fries, as used in this case, could hardly be considered to fall within the definition
Seriously, as ridiculous as it sounds to be arrested for assault with french fries, the propensity towards such violence is probably not a good sign for their relationship. :-/
And all these years I’ve been assaulting my stomach. *Shakes in corner of room*
Someone’s been watching too many Foamy the Angry Squirrel flash videos.
McDonalds Trifecta in play
For it to be a dangerous weapon, it would have to be RIGHT out of the grease fryer, I mean boiling oil and all. Visual reference complements of a Canadian PSA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noFCekWiUGE
She wasn’t hurt, but cops noted that “the heat of the oil could cause burning to skin and eyes.”
Wow…
Could have? I doubt that, else EVERYONE would have sued McDonald’s for burns to their mouths from eating fries that quickly.
What?!? Nobody else said it before me. I feel morally obligated…
Fry Him!!
If french fries are considered a dangerous weapon, then there is, literally, no object (even Nerf) that is considered a non-dangerous weapon. Because I can’t think of anything less likely to cause injury than a french fry.
I didn’t realize they serve fries hotter than their coffee. Did the employee sue….herself?
False dilemma: nothing is hotter than Coffee.