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Angry Customer Pepper Sprays Employees and Food at Potbelly's

April 29, 2020  11:40am

(WGTD)---Mount Pleasant police are still looking for two women involved in a pepper spray incident at the Potbelly Sandwich Shop located at 5930 Washington Avenue on Tuesday morning. According to a press release from the police department---a female customer was unhappy with the service she received and became belligerent.  A second female then entered the restaurant and began pepper spraying all the employees and the food. She sprayed one employee directly in the face prior to fleeing the scene. The South Shore Fire Department responded for treatment of the employees but none were transported to the hospital.  The restaurant closed for the remainder of the day. Again, the suspects have not been located and this case remains under investigation.