According to Lynch’s family, the fight began when Ricks, along with a group of unidentified adults, arrived at the restaurant’s drive-thru window and started behaving disruptively.
A goon with a long rap sheet attacked a 15-year-old female McDonald’s employee — dragging her by her hair and repeatedly stomping on her head in the parking lot following a confrontation that started inside the restaurant with a group of unruly customers, police said.
Johnny Ricks, 25, was arrested for assault after he grabbed the teenager by her hair and forcefully pulled her across the restaurant’s parking lot in St. Louis County, before slamming her head onto the concrete and punching her in the face, St. Louis County Police said. The girl identified as Aryiah Lynch suffered a fractured skull, a broken nose, and damage to her frontal lobe.
Near-Deadly Attack
Shawnunique Phillips, the mother of the teenager, shared on a GoFundMe page that “This assault has been a life-changing experience for her.” The page was created to help with covering her medical costs and has already gathered $13,000 out of its $15,000 target.
“She is fighting hard to stay upbeat and heal but this is only the beginning of a very uphill battle,” her mother wrote, adding that the incident “shattered” the family’s lives.
