Jacob Smith suffered extensive burns, and is now waiting for a skin graft
A McDonald’s worker who allegedly had hot oil thrown over him by a colleague suffered second-degree burns over a fifth of his body.
Jacob Smith, 20, was working at a Northern California McDonald’s on Saturday when he was allegedly attacked by another employee who left the restaurant before police arrived, according to ABC 10, CBS News and KCRA.
Investigators also stated that the alleged attacker, identified as 23-year-old Jalani Bluett, was later found and arrested by the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office shortly after midnight local time. 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, reports the Mirror.
“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.
You can donate to the GoFundMe page by clicking here.
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