Shortly after police on Vancouver Island released video surveillance of a young woman involved in a “restaurant rage” incident at a Victoria McDonald’s, someone matching the suspect’s description turned herself in to police.
While she wasn’t arrested at the time, Victoria Police say she showed up Monday afternoon at the Esquimalt detachment and the file remains under investigation.
In footage from the restaurant security camera, a white woman with blonde hair, standing five-foot-two and believed to be in her early 20s is seen speaking with an employee of the Hillside Avenue McDonald’s, getting increasingly agitated about her food order.
Officers were called to the location shortly after midnight on July 14 after staff alleged the woman physically assaulted an employee, as seen in the video.
Do you recognize this "restaurant rage" suspect? She's described as a Caucasian woman, early 20s w blonde hair. 5' 2" w slender build. Tattoos on left forearm. Dark blue t-shirt w Disney character on front, light white “pajama” style pants &white shoes. #F1830537 #yyj pic.twitter.com/urOx7cuhor
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) July 30, 2018
“Staff reported that when her order did not contain a tomato, the suspect became verbally abusive with staff,” said media spokesperson Bowen Osoko in a release. “When a staff member offered to refund her money, the woman threw several items at the employee, striking him.”
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An unidentified man intervened, attempting to de-escalate the situation but was unsuccessful. The woman then struck one of the ordering kiosks several times, rendering one out of order before leaving the restaurant.
The employee was not physically injured.
| Security camera image of a woman suspected of assaulting an employee of the McDonald's on Hillside Avenue, July 14. VicPD photo |
Community Services Division officers are looking for the woman who was wearing a dark blue t-shirt with light blue shoulders with a Disney character on the front and white “pajama” style pants with white running shoes. She has a slender build and tattoos on her left forearm.