Viral video shows Whataburger staff fending off attacker with trash can, fry basket

The saying "Don’t Mess with Texas" took connected a full caller meaning erstwhile a burger associated worker went viral for fending disconnected an alleged attacker with a fry handbasket and a trash can.

Video of the confrontation went viral aft a lawsuit recorded the brushwood arsenic it unfolded astatine a Whataburger determination successful Paris, Texas.

Witness Billy Jones told Fox News' affiliate KDFW that portion helium was eating, a antheral dressed successful each achromatic entered and began attacking a worker.

A Whataburger worker successful Texas fended disconnected an alleged attacker with the tools helium had connected manus – a trash tin and fry basket. (Billy Jones via KDFW)

According to Jones, a fast-food worker jumped into enactment and struck the antheral connected the caput with a ligament fry basket, knocking him to the ground.

Jones told the section outlet that helium began signaling arsenic the manager followed suit — utilizing a trash tin to repeatedly onslaught the suspect.

The worker repeatedly smacked the alleged attacker with the trash tin arsenic different employees called for help. (Billy Jones )

In the viral video, employees tin beryllium heard shouting for idiosyncratic to property the panic button. The fishy yet fled the gathering arsenic workers called 911. According to police, Anthony William Newhuis, 41, of Spring, Texas, was arrested pursuing the incident.

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Cars hold successful the drive-thru enactment astatine a Whataburger. (iStock)

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He was recovered successful the backmost parking batch of the burger associated bleeding from his head, according to a property merchandise from the Paris Police Department. After receiving the details of the incident, Newhuis was arrested and charged with battle resulting successful bodily wounded and nationalist intoxication.

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He was taken to a aesculapian installation for attraction of his wounded and past placed successful jail. While successful jail, constabulary said Newhuis flooded the cells intentionally and was subsequently charged with transgression mischief little than $750.

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"At Whataburger, impermanent and worker information are a apical priority. We instrumentality incidents specified arsenic this earnestly and are afloat cooperating with authorities," a spokesperson for the institution told Fox News Digital.

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