Two sisters allegedly stabbed a Detroit restaurant worker over a wrong order after storming behind the counter and turning a food complaint into a bloody attack.
The May 30 confrontation left Brianna Long, 29, and Kierianna Long, 26, charged with assault with intent to murder and other felony counts. Both women have pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors say the violence started with a mistaken food order. The women did not simply complain from the customer side of the counter, according to the state’s version of events. They allegedly went behind it and attacked the 23-year-old employee.
The worker allegedly became the target of a chase through the restaurant as the dispute intensified.
The attack allegedly included thrown objects, pots and pans used as weapons and an attempt to pour hot grease over the worker.
One of the women also allegedly threatened the employee during the chaos. “I’m going to kill you,” one of the sisters allegedly said, according to WDIV.
Prosecutors allege Kierianna then used a knife, leaving the worker stabbed in the stomach.
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Outside, the wounded employee reportedly took shelter in a stranger’s vehicle and called for help before undergoing surgery.
Police later caught up with both sisters after they allegedly fled.
Their attorneys pushed back against the prosecution’s version in court, arguing that the employee had provoked the confrontation.
The defense claimed the worker escalated first, including by saying she did not “give a f—” about the order mistake and throwing items that included knives.
Brianna’s pregnancy became part of the courtroom fight after the attack.
Her lawyer told the court she had delivered a baby just days after the incident.
In court, Brianna leaned on her newborn and insisted she had done nothing wrong.
A judge set Brianna’s cash bond at $25,000. Kierianna was ordered held on a $100,000 cash bond.
Another wrong-order fight allegedly turned violent at an Oklahoma Pizza Hut.
Police named Cortez Davis and Jessica Ellis as suspects in the May 18 attack near Southeast 44th and Sunnylane.
The trouble reportedly started with Ellis’ order being handed to someone else.
Ellis then went into the restaurant furious, according to court filings. She allegedly yelled profanities and demanded that the worker “fix the **** up.”
The worker tried to give her a refund, but the confrontation did not end there. Before leaving, Ellis allegedly spat on the worker and warned that “her man” would be “handling this.” The order was worth $22.49.
After Ellis left, the worker called police. Davis allegedly returned the dispute to the doorway by forcing his way inside.
The worker was allegedly punched, kicked in the head and “curb-stomped” three times before Davis left.
When police later reached Ellis by phone, she allegedly acknowledged much of the episode while still pressing for her money back.
Her refund push allegedly continued through repeated 911 calls. At one point, she reportedly wanted an officer to deliver the $22.49.
In Indiana, another fast-food order dispute ended with a 75-year-old woman dead after a fight inside a Tim Hortons.
Anita Grayson, 75, returned to a Fort Wayne Tim Hortons on May 13 over a drive-thru order problem.
Police said the exchange inside quickly focused on a 17-year-old employee, whom Grayson allegedly began “berating.”
A 20-year-old shift lead intervened and tried more than once to get Grayson out of the restaurant.
Investigators said the shift lead moved to block Grayson when the older woman appeared to head toward the teen.
The encounter turned physical within moments. Police described Grayson as the first to land blows, allegedly shoving the shift lead and hitting her near the nose.
When the shift lead tried to respond, Grayson allegedly grabbed her face and hair hard enough to knock off her glasses.
The fight then went to the floor. Video showed the shift lead trying to swat Grayson’s arm away while Grayson held her hair, according to police.
Two employees intervened to separate them. Police said the scuffle left the shift lead missing a chunk of hair.
Afterward, Grayson allegedly sat down, used her phone and then collected the hair clump, placing it in her purse.
Roughly 10 minutes later, the shift lead approached with water and found Grayson unresponsive on the floor.
Medics attempted life-saving care, but Grayson was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Allen County Coroner’s Office told WANE-TV that an autopsy found “no significant contributory injuries” on Grayson’s body.
Her cause and manner of death remain pending. Fort Wayne police forwarded the investigative file to local prosecutors.
“The Fort Wayne Police Department recognizes that any loss of life is tragic,” authorities said. “When the circumstances surrounding a death are not immediately clear, those circumstances must be thoroughly and professionally investigated.”
Prosecutors said they would wait to review the full evidence package and coroner’s report before deciding how to proceed.
Tawnda Grayson said seeing the footage mattered because she wanted to understand “how, why, what.”
“You should not enter a coffee shop for a coffee and a doughnut and come out unalived,” she told the station. “That is diabolical.”
She also argued that her mother had been mistreated. “That’s an elderly lady. That’s not how we treat our senior citizens,” she said. “We be careful with them. We make sure that they’re all right. We don’t jump on them and attack them.”
