Jacob Smith, 20, was finishing his shift at McDonald’s when he was allegedly attacked by another employee who reportedly threw hot oil on him before fleeing the restaurant
A McDonald’s worker, aged 20, was admitted to hospital with horrific burn injuries after a colleague allegedly threw hot oil over him. The incident is alleged to have taken place on Saturday, 6 June.
Jacob Smith was on shift at a Northern California branch of the fast-food chain when he was allegedly attacked by another worker. According to reports from ABC 10, CBS News, and KCRA, the suspect fled the restaurant before police arrived at the scene.
Investigators stated that the alleged attacker, identified as 23-year-old Jalani Bluett, was later located and arrested. The Sutter County Sheriff’s Office detained him shortly after midnight local time, reports The Mirror.
Before Bluett was found, the sheriff’s office asked for the public’s assistance in locating the man as he was “considered at risk due to a diagnosis and vulnerabilities.”
During Bluett’s arraignment on June 6, Bullard told ABC 10 that Bluett was “held to answer on assault with a deadly weapon, mayhem, serious felony assault resulting in great bodily injury, and he was held to answer on that at the arraignment, and currently he is being held in Sutter County with no bail.”
After Jacob sustained burns to the side of his face, neck, right arm and back, his mother, Amber Smith, told KCRA that her son was preparing to end his shift when he was suddenly assaulted and given second-degree burns over 22 percent of his body.
“He was in the office getting ready to count the money when he saw out of the corner of his eye something, and he just turned, and the oil was just thrown on him,” Amber alleged. “The pain he’s experiencing is so excruciating that they can’t give him a level of pain medicine outside of the ICU.”
The Mirror has approached McDonald’s for comment.
In a GoFundMe created to support Jacob in his recovery, Amber shared that he is scheduled for skin graft surgery later this week. She also included a message from her son, who thanked God for bringing out “the best possible result in the worst situation.”
“As much as I want to be angry, or want to hate people and be scared of people, it’s just so hard to be when I have so many people showing their love for me,” Jacob wrote. “I’m not sad, and I’m not angry, and the pain doesn’t cause me grief because I know it’s necessary to heal. I’m so thankful for everybody.”
“Thank you to God for saving my eye and giving me awesome family and friends,” he added.
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