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Anti-Masker Arrested for Choking Burger King Worker

‘YOU GOT ME’

David Siverstein got into an argument with employees about wearing a mask, and then came back later in the day to choke one of them, police say.

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Township of Wayne Police Department

David Siversten, 47, of Wayne Township, has been arrested for choking a Burger King employee because he was asked to put on a face mask, CBS New York reports. Siversten had visited the New Jersey Burger King earlier in the day and had a verbal fight with employees when they asked him to mask up. Township Police captain Dan Daly say he then came back later in the day and “wrapped both hands around [the employee’s] neck and started strangling her.” The attack only ended when another female employee intervened, he added. Cops found him in a nearby driveway nearby, allegedly drunk, and arrested him. He allegedly said, “You got me” but was then disobedient when cops tried to take him into custody. He faces a charge for aggravated assault.

Read it at CBS New York