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Woman charged with causing a commotion at Denny's, pepper-spraying employees
The National Desk ^ | 2/21/2025 | Lenny Cohen

Posted on 02/22/2025 9:45:51 AM PST by simpson96

EUSTIS, Fla. (TND) — Police and paramedics showed up at a Denny's restaurant after "several staff members" were pepper-sprayed, and the cook's ex-girlfriend, who is his young daughter’s mother, ended up facing criminal charges.

That suspect, later identified as Lakeisha Marie Harris, drove off before officers arrived on the evening of April 2 in Florida.

Her arrest report said she was trying to call the father “while he was at work,” but he “was busy with several orders, so he could not answer the phone.” And then she showed up.

The manager told the father that Harris “was causing a commotion in the restaurant.

“[The father] left the kitchen to meet with Harris at the server station and she yelled at him about their daughter [name] three years old. “Harris attempted to pepper spray [the father] and with his quick reflexes, he turned around and got sprayed on his neck and back area. “Other employees got sprayed as well,” and worse.

According to the arrest report, the manager confirmed “Harris had been there before, causing trouble by yelling at other servers and [the father]. “This time, she yelled at the servers and pepper-sprayed the other employees in an attempt to get [the father]. “[The manager] said he got pepper-sprayed in the right eye, but he did not require medical assistance,” and did not want to press charges. He just wanted her never to return.

A 68-year-old waitress “who got the spray directly in her eyes and was hurt,” wanted to prosecute. She told police she “got it in both eyes, which caused her a lot of pain.

“[The waitress] could not provide a sworn written statement at that time due to the effects of the spray, [and] after [she] was treated, a family member drove her home.” Police added, “There were traces of spray located on the refrigerator at the server station where Harris deployed the spray.” Officers finished at the restaurant and went to Harris' home.

The arrest report said, “I made contact with Harris and asked what occurred at Denny's restaurant earlier that evening.

“Harris stated that she went to Denny's to talk with [the father] and that was it; nothing else happened.” That’s when she was arrested and the father “arrived shortly after to pick up” the daughter.

Harris, 34, was charged with battery, and battery on a person 65 or older.

She spent two-and-a-half days in jail until her release in lieu of $5,000 bond.


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1 posted on 02/22/2025 9:45:51 AM PST by simpson96
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We’re stuck with people with no impulse control.


2 posted on 02/22/2025 9:48:06 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: simpson96

What about raisin’ a ruckus?


3 posted on 02/22/2025 9:53:03 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: popdonnelly

The Talk, Non-black Version, by John Derbyshire

(11) The mean intelligence of blacks is much lower than for whites. The least intelligent ten percent of whites have IQs below 81; forty percent of blacks have IQs that low. Only one black in six is more intelligent than the average white; five whites out of six are more intelligent than the average black. These differences show in every test of general cognitive ability that anyone, of any race or nationality, has yet been able to devise. They are reflected in countless everyday situations. “€œLife is an IQ test.”€

It’s like living in a human petting zoo.


4 posted on 02/22/2025 9:54:53 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: popdonnelly

Civilization is lost on them.


5 posted on 02/22/2025 9:55:38 AM PST by GingisK
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6 posted on 02/22/2025 9:56:43 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations.)
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To: tumblindice

“They are reflected in countless everyday situations. “€œLife is an IQ test.”€”

Yep, you don’t need a written test. Simply open your eyes.


7 posted on 02/22/2025 9:58:52 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you i9s how they. control you. )
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To: simpson96

It’s them again, Yogi.


8 posted on 02/22/2025 10:00:04 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Somebody should have shoved that pepper spray up Princess’s .....


9 posted on 02/22/2025 10:00:27 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Cartel Human Smuggling Into America IS NOT Immigration. It's a crime.)
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To: simpson96

If I had a choice between Denny’s and a Waffle House, I would choose the house every time although I have warm memories of the chicken fried steak and gravy at Denny’s.


10 posted on 02/22/2025 10:03:28 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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My tagline says it all....


11 posted on 02/22/2025 10:16:20 AM PST by traditional2 ("Is it them, again, Yogi?")
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To: simpson96

What’s the penalty for commotion?


12 posted on 02/22/2025 10:16:41 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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Flarahduh girl eh?


13 posted on 02/22/2025 10:17:09 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: gundog

The baby mama.


14 posted on 02/22/2025 10:17:25 AM PST by Recompennation
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To: simpson96

She has a nice smile, I’ll give her that.


15 posted on 02/22/2025 10:18:07 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: popdonnelly
Impulse control can be taught and learned.


16 posted on 02/22/2025 10:23:16 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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The dimwit picked the wrong State to FAFO. She might actually do real time.


17 posted on 02/22/2025 10:27:32 AM PST by DAC21
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With a name like “Lakeisha Marie Harris” there are no pictures needed. The intersection of low IQ and low impulse control.


18 posted on 02/22/2025 10:28:35 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: simpson96

Saved me from having to look


19 posted on 02/22/2025 10:29:12 AM PST by laweeks (///)
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Why does her mugshot remind me of Buckwheat?


20 posted on 02/22/2025 10:36:01 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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