Three Florida women have been arrested by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office for an attack in which a Popeye’s employee was hit multiple times via the drive-thru window. All three suspects—Brianna Toombs, age 19; Chloe Arieigha Hernandez, 21; and Joanna Ceidi, 19—hail from West Palm Beach.
The alleged attack happened on Tuesday around 1 p.m. in the nearby town of Lantana. The trio was charged with robbery with a weapon and burglary with assault or battery, according to Local 10 News.
A fourth suspect, also a woman, is yet to be apprehended.
Deputies say the group, driving in a Nissan Sentra, got into a verbal argument with the Popeyes cashier. Another person in the drive-thru line captured cellphone footage of the chaos (note the slow back-up):
The driver, Demarco Quant, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel one of the suspects sprayed an “unknown aerosol” through the window.
Does anyone recognize these 4 women who attacked employees in the drive thru at Popeyes on Seacrest Blvd around 1pm today? Punches were thrown and one grabbed money from the register. pic.twitter.com/FJsIcJHyWS
— PBSO (@PBCountySheriff) March 17, 2021
“I couldn’t walk into the restaurant because everyone was running out coughing,” he said, adding the incident “was a moment I was totally shocked by.”
It’s not clear at this time what the argument was actually about.
