Chick-fil-A employee stops car chase in Florida
A Florida Chick-fil-A employee is being hailed as a hero after deputies say he stopped a car chase outside the fast food restaurant. Okaloosa County deputies said the young employee rushed outside the Fort Walton Beach restaurant to help a screaming woman holding a baby after a man grabbed her keys and tried to take her car. Investigators said the woman was getting the baby out of her car when a man identified as William Branch approached her with a stick and demanded her keys. Branch then grabbed the car keys from the waistband of the woman’s pants, opened the car door and got into the car, investigators said. When the woman began screaming for help, deputies said a Chick-fil-A employee ran to intervene. Deputies said Branch punched the employee in the room. face, but the employee was not seriously injured. The employee told deputies that Branch had been involved in another incident shortly before the carjacking attempt. A video the sheriff̵[ads1]7;s office shared on Facebook shows the office. loyee and filial fight in the parking lot. The video shows the employee holding Branch down as others run over to help. Deputies said Branch was charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery.
A Florida Chick-fil-A employee is being hailed as a hero after deputies say he stopped a car chase outside the fast food restaurant.
Okaloosa County deputies said the young employee rushed outside the Fort Walton Beach-area restaurant to help a screaming woman holding a baby after a man took her keys and tried to take her car.
Investigators said the woman was getting the baby out of her car when a man identified as William Branch approached her with a stick and demanded her keys.
Branch then took the car keys from the waistband of the woman’s pants, opened her car door and got into the car, investigators said.
When the woman began screaming for help, deputies said Chick-fil-A employees ran to intervene.
Deputies said Branch punched the employee in the face, but the employee was not seriously injured.
The employee told deputies that Branch had been involved in another incident shortly before the carjacking attempt.
A video the sheriff’s office shared on Facebook shows the employee and the branch fighting in the parking lot.
The video shows the employee holding Branch down as others run over to help.
Deputies said Branch was charged with carjacking with a weapon and battery.
