A McDonald's employee working at a store in Georgia was sentenced to five years in federal prison for lighting a fire inside a dumpster because the restaurant was too crowded.
A McDonald's employee working at a store in Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to lighting a fire inside a dumpster to clear out customers because the restaurant was overcrowded. Joshua Daryl McGregor, 34, was working at the restaurant on 2701 Montgomery Ave. in April 2023 when he became frustrated that the store was too busy, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release.
He also filmed the fire with his cell phone and posted the video on social media. McGregor was training to be a manager at the establishment. The fire became so intense that customers in the drive-through lane needed to back out of the parking lot, and the restaurant was forced to briefly close as the Savannah Fire Department worked to put out the fire, according to the prosecutors.
In May, he pleaded guilty to arson in U.S. District Court. "Arson is an extremely violent crime that not only destroys property but also places firefighters, first responders and the general public at great risk," Beau Kolodka, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the ATF Atlanta Field Division, said in the press release.
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