Crime & Safety

Fired Worker Reportedly Attacks NJ Taco Bell, Sickening Customers

The worker targeted several people with pepper spray, according to reports.

The worker targeted several people with a chemical, according to reports.
The worker targeted several people with a chemical, according to reports. (Google photo)

A woman who was fired from her job at a New Jersey Taco Bell reportedly attacked customers and employees with pepper spray this weekend.

Eight employees and two customers were inside the Taco Bell on Route 36 in West Long Branch on Saturday afternoon when the woman used pepper spray to attack them, according to nj.com.

The woman had been fired for being late and calling out sick too often, store workers told nj.com.

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The woman tore up her termination papers, ignored a manager’s request for her to wait in the lobby and then used the pepper spray, according to the report.

The woman told her colleagues “she would be back later on tonight to trash our dining area," according to WSOC-TV

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No charges have been filed, police said.

This is a developing story. We'll have more information as it comes in.

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