Jamaican eatery runs out of patties, angry customer smashes windows
In this January 15, 2019 image taken from surveillance video, a woman smashes the windows of "Back Home Restaurant" in the Bronx borough of New York. Police say that she became upset after ordering a patty and was told that the restaurant had run out of them. She returned with a bat and smashed two windows. (New York City Police Department via AP)
A woman who couldn't get a beef patty at a Jamaican restaurant in New York used a baseball bat in protest.
On Saturday, police released surveillance video of the woman in action in the Bronx — smashing the restaurant's windows after learning the eatery had run out of her favourite food.
Police say the woman at the Back Home restaurant in the Morrisania neighborhood came in on the afternoon of January 15 and ordered a patty. She was told they'd run out, and she got upset.
Authorities say she left and came back to the Jamaican restaurant with the bat. The video shows a woman bashing in two windows.
She fled and police were still searching for her on Saturday.
The video shows a woman dressed in a black and white jacket and matching sneakers, swinging a multi-colored aluminum bat as bystanders tried to stop her before she walked away.
No one was injured during the incident.
The Back Home restaurant in the Morrisania neighborhood is a simple, affordable spot that offers Jamaican specialties like curry goat and oxtail, drawing people from around the city.
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