Do You Want Fries With That?

Erica Lester

WILMINGTON, DE --Twenty-three year old father of two, David Fowler was arrested on Friday, June 30, after assaulting four employees of a Wilmington, Delaware Burger King.

According to police, Fowler, a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, visited the Burger King located on the 3100 block of Kirkwood Highway around 6:15 Friday evening. Fowler became angry when the drive-thru cashier denied his request for one of the company’s promotional toys for the movie “Chicken Run,” stating they were only for children

“He wanted the toy for his young daughter. He became enraged when he realized he wouldn’t be able to get it for her,” Brian Bauer, a public defender assigned by the county to cover Fowler’s case, said.

Neither of Fowler’s children was with him at the time.

Fowler then parked his car and entered the Kirkwood Highway Burger King. Once inside the crowded fast-food restaurant, he allegedly began shouting at the employees and proceeded to punch two male employees and threw a third over the counter.

Fowler’s rage continued as he broke a store shelf, which, apparently, nearly struck a small child.

“All this for a toy,” Assistant District Attorney, Colleen McGinnis, said, “Society shouldn’t tolerate this kind of behavior.”

Baur and McGinnis are working together to establish a plea bargain in which Fowler would plead guilty to two counts of assault, agree to pay for the damages to the restaurant, and perform community service for his disorderly conduct.

Fowler remains at the New Castle County Detention Center for failing to post $10,000 bail following his June 30 arraignment. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 18 at 10 a.m. before Judge Jane Dorton.

Fowler has no previous criminal records.