LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Two men were arrested for allegedly attacking a North Las Vegas fast food worker in a dispute over gravy, according to a police report.
North Las Vegas Police booked James and Gerald Carter, ages 48 and 32, on suspicion of attempted murder for the Saturday, Dec. 27, altercation.
In their arrest report, NLVPD said they were dispatched to the KFC location at Craig Road and Camino Al Norte for a report of a customer stabbing an employee.
Officers detained four people, including Gerald Carter, and found a large folding knife in Carter’s pocket. The victim was taken to UMC for treatment.
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One of the other three people said they had bought food at KFC and left when Gerald Carter “became upset about his gravy,” the report states. He went back and forth from the KFC multiple times and allegedly said the “staff had disrespected him.”
Carter returned to KFC with his uncle James, the person told NLVPD, and once the rest of the group arrived, they saw Carter and another person behind the counter fighting with someone.
The officer later interviewed Gerald Carter, who allegedly admitted to getting into a fight but said his knife stayed in his pocket. Carter claimed the employee “was calling him names and disrespecting him and that is why they got into a fight,” according to the report.
Police watched the KFC’s surveillance video and could see James and Gerald Carter going behind the counter. Gerald Carter was allegedly seen stabbing the employee several times, while James Carter was allegedly seen putting the employee “in a severe choke hold for several seconds,” the report states.
Court records indicate James and Gerald Carter are both being held at Clark County Detention Center. Felony arraignment hearings were scheduled for Wednesday morning in North Las Vegas Justice Court.
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