Diner torches Mexican restaurant after he’s refused a free drink, California cops say
A man set a California restaurant ablaze after an employee refused to give him a free soda early Thursday morning, police said.
An argument began in the drive-through window of a Mexican restaurant in Stockton around 3:30 a.m. after an unidentified man argued about the price of a soft drink, according to a Stockton Police Department Facebook post.
When the El Forastero employee refused to give him a free drink, police said he lit the restaurant on fire.
It is unclear how the man started the fire, police said, but the incident caused extensive damage.
Police photos posted from the restaurant’s video footage show a man standing next to a bike in the drive-through wearing a T-shirt with a skull and a backpack.
The man has not been identified, and the investigation is ongoing.
Stockton is 49 miles south of Sacramento.
This story was originally published August 12, 2021 at 7:43 PM with the headline "Diner torches Mexican restaurant after he’s refused a free drink, California cops say."
