4 feminine family accused of attacking an Applebee’s waitress in Georgia — together with one who stabbed the server with a steak knife — have pleaded responsible, prosecutors stated.
A decide in Henry County sentenced Demetrius Boyd to time served Tuesday after she copped to felony trespass and battery within the surprising July 2018 assault on the chain’s location in McDonough, the Atlanta Journal-Structure reported.
Boyd, 41, had spent two years in jail following her arrest per week after the assault that occurred because the waitress “brushed up” towards somebody at her desk whose leg was protruding of an aisle, in accordance with the report.
“The waitress had brushed up towards her leg,” McDonough police Maj. Kyle Helgerson stated in 2018. “There was an preliminary dialog about that.”
The waitress apologized to Boyd’s celebration — three sisters and a cousin — claiming it was an accident, however the girls then complained about their meals taking too lengthy, prompting the server to move to the kitchen, a police report confirmed.
“She got here again a second time to serve them with meals or drinks and brushed up towards [the woman] once more,” Helgerson stated. “That infuriated the suspect.”
Boyd and three different family along with her – Lakisha Boyd, Ketera Boyd and Lasondra Boyd – then acquired up from the desk and began assaulting the waitress, police stated.
One of many girls stabbed the waitress within the forearm with a knife, Helgerson stated. She later wanted 15 stitches to shut the wound, the newspaper reported.
Different diners on the Applebee’s broke up the melee, however the 4 feminine diners dashed out of the restaurant with out paying their $62 invoice – and swiped the server’s ideas within the course of, police stated.
The 4 girls then fled the restaurant in a white SUV earlier than being arrested a couple of week later, division officers stated on Fb.
Assistant District Lawyer Megan Matteucci advised The Put up Thursday the ladies pleaded responsible to felony trespass and battery.
Keterah Boyd, 33, and Lakisha Boyd, 38, additionally pleaded responsible to aggravated assault, however acquired lesser sentences beneath Georgia’s First Offender Act.
They had been each sentenced to a few months in jail adopted by 4 years and 9 months of probation. Lasondra Boyd, 41, obtained a 15-day jail sentence and 23 months of probation.
All the girls besides Demetrius Boyd had been additionally ordered to not return to the Applebee’s, in addition to to take an anger administration class and carry out 100 hours of neighborhood service. The trio should pay the sufferer’s medical bills and recoup the restaurant for damages, Matteucci stated.
Prosecutors had been unable to find out which girl stabbed the waitress, Matteucci stated.
