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Police have accused a North Carolina pastor of attacking a McDonald's cook and trying to push him into a deep fryer. Dwayne Wadden, 57, was arrested and charged with assault after police were called to a McDonald's branch on S. Main Street in High Point, North Carolina, on Thursday. According to his Facebook page, Weeden is a pastor at Elevated Life International Ministries and works as a semi truck driver. According to police investigation records seen by Business Insider, he came to the fast food joint to assist his wife, LaToya Gladney, who is a manager-in-training at the branch. Gladney,...

A pastor who promised 'new levels of ministry' in 2024 attempted to give one McDonald's worker a baptism of fire in a deep fryer after he 'disrespected' his wife. Trainee manager Latoya Gladney, 44, called her husband from the franchise in High Point, North Carolina, on December 28 to complain that her staff were being rude to her. When he arrived, Pastor Dwayne Wayden walked round the counter and began punching Theodore Garlington in the face. The preacher at Elevated Life International Ministries then grabbed the unfortunate cook and started shoving his head towards one of the fryers where temperatures...