Aggravated assault charges have been authorized against the suspect in a video which surfaced online showing a McDonald's employee punching an MSU student, East Lansing police Lt. Steve Gonzalez said.
Charges issued in McDonald's assault, suspect to be arraigned
The assault took place around 3 a.m. on April 23 in the McDonald's at 1024 E. Grand River Ave.
Advertising sophomore and former State News intern Kevin Lange, who recorded the punch, said shortly after the student came "stumbling" into the fast food restaurant he spit on the counter, for reasons unknown to Lange.
This caused a scuffle to break out between the student and the employees, Lange said, eventually ending in the employee in the blue punching and dropping the student to the floor.
The suspect has yet to be arraigned, Gonzalez said.
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