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19-Year-Old Wendy’s Manager Who Allegedly Tied Neurodivergent Employee to Grill Arrested on Multiple Charges
Police say the former manager admitted the act was a TikTok trend, and the worker’s family asked investigators to reopen the case after video surfaced.
- On Thursday, Sept. 19, Murfreesboro Police Department Criminal Investigations Division detectives charged former Wendy's manager Michiko Burton, 19, with simple assault and false imprisonment for tying a neurodivergent employee to a grill.
- Burton admitted to tying the neurodivergent worker to a workstation at the South Church Street Wendy's on August 30, claiming the act was part of a TikTok trend intended as a joke.
- Co-Worker Nicholus Murphy recorded the incident, which an area manager later called 'unacceptable'; Wendy's of Bowling Green confirmed Burton was fired following an internal investigation.
- Burton was booked into the Rutherford County Adult Detention Center on a $2,000 bond, with a General Sessions Court date set for October 22 before Judge Ben Hall McFarlin III.
- The employee's family is currently considering whether to pursue further legal action, while Adult Protective Services continues scrutinizing the case as the family and Murphy previously disputed Burton's justification.
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Tennessee Wendy’s manager arrested after admitting to tying neurodivergent employee to kitchen equipment for TikTok stunt: cops
A Tennessee Wendy’s restaurant manager has been arrested after admitting to cops she tied her neurodivergent co-worker to a kitchen grill – and bizarrely claimed it was part of a TikTok stunt.
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