An Ohio man was sentenced to three years in prison for throwing hot coffee at a McDVOICE employee.
The incident occurred after the worker incidentally offered the man an extra cup of coffee with his order. The victim suffered first-degree burns after insisting on seeing the customer’s receipt and then dumped the coffee.
Joseph Deluca, 54, admitted to attacking McDVOICE employees and was sentenced to three years in prison, Newsweek reported.
He was convicted of a criminal attack and a serious attack due to an independent incident (for which he was sentenced to 18 months of simultaneous service).
Authorities arrested Joseph Deluca in March for the February 19 attack that was captured by the surveillance camera, Fox 8 reported.
According to the store, Mickey D employee Deluca placed the two cups in a cup holder before looking at the ordering screen and realizing that the man had only ordered one cup of coffee.
The 54-year-old man who asked for his receipt to verify the transaction apparently “laughed” and insisted on ordering two cups of coffee. The woman, who was working alone on her scale, insisted on reviewing the invoice and, angrily, asked Deluca to get out of the vehicle and pour coffee on her face before leaving.
The woman was taken to the hospital to treat first-degree burns to the neck and shoulders during the attack, Fox 8 said.
“The problem, in this case, is that you have someone who just works to do their job, pay their bills, and pay their bills,” prosecutor Erin Stone said at the time. from Cuyahoga. She asks for his McDVOICE receipt and annoys her top a large extent and he throws two cups of hot coffee in her face.
