A 15-year-old teenage girl, Aryiah Lynch was brutally assaulted at a McDonald's restaurant in St. Louis County, Missouri by a 25-year-old man. He reportedly stomped her head, dragged her by the hair, and punched her multiple times in the face; injuring the teenager with a fractured skull, broken nose, frontal lobe damage and many other grievous injuries.
The incident reportedly took place on April 8, when Lynch was working her shift behind the counter at McDonald's when the alleged assaulter with a history of criminal offences entered the restaurant along with other rowdies who damaged the property of the restaurant, broke self-serving screens, assaulted young employees and even spit on Lynch and her another teenage co-worker before dragging her by the hair throughout the restaurant and thrashing her in the drive-in, stomping her head into the concrete.
Teen McDonald's Worker Gets Fractured Skull By Brutal Customer Assault
The man with a history of criminal offences has been identified as Johnny Ricks is charged with felony charges of second-degree assault and misdemeanour property damage and is currently held at the St. Louis County Justice Center.
The video of the assault has also surfaced on the internet where it can be seen a group of rowdies brawling in the drive-in of McDonald's where the assault on Lynch can also be seen as Ricks dragging her from her hair and assaulting her many times in the drive-thru.
According to the reports, Ricks and the group of youngsters engaged in the drive-thru of McDonald's, as it was getting "loud and obnoxious" the restaurant staff urged the group: "If you want to get your order taken, step inside." This purportedly had upset Ricks and the group more prompting them to enter the restaurant, menacing staff, throwing and damaging property and even spitting on Lynch and her co-worker handling cash behind the counter.
Ricks then engaged in a verbal spat with Lynch and another co-worker and attacked the two. Ricks then dragged Lynch through her hair outside the restaurant and stomped her head on the concrete twice, he then returned and punched her repetitively while also kicking and thrashing her; resulting in a fractured skull, broken nose, and many severe injuries.
As per the GoFundMe page set up by Lynch's mother, Lynch was left with concussions, skull fractures, and frontal lobe damage. Lynch sustained a broken nose and many lacerations on her head. The teenager's mother also explained how the attack on their only daughter had "shattered" their family and said "She is fighting hard to stay upbeat and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle" emphasising the consequences of trauma and other harms of such assaults.
Lynch after the attack rushed to a local hospital where she also went through surgery on April 17 which was successful Lynch is now out of the hospital and on bed rest in her house and is looking forward to getting back to work. Her mother described how Lynch is an aspirational girl who was saving money for her birthday, is always loving and kind to all and loves spending time with her siblings; she also said how Lynch has been looking forward to graduating soon.
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