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CBS News
23-05-2025
- CBS News
Video shows knife-wielding woman threatening Pompano Beach restaurant worker, BSO says
A 19-year-old restaurant employee who came face-to-face with a knife-wielding woman at a Snappers restaurant in Pompano Beach last week is speaking out about the terrifying experience, caught on surveillance video. Betensen Louis shared his emotional account, which occurred just before closing time on Wednesday, May 14. "I felt like I almost died" CBS News Miami spoke with Louis, who had only been working at the restaurant for a month. He described the harrowing moment when the woman pulled a knife on him. "She took out her knife. She pulled the knife out and she tried to stab. She held the knife like that in front of my face. When this happened I felt like I almost died. When the police came I was shaking. I didn't feel so good. I felt like maybe my life was going to go away. I think she tried to kill me," he said. He added, "I tried to help out my family and that is why I work. I want to feel safe and I am supposed to be safe in this country. I am thinking my life is over because if I die I can not help my family." Louis urged anyone who may recognize the suspect to contact the authorities. "I don't need this to happen to other people. They need to be safe like I need to be safe too. She said she wanted people to unlock the door. She said open the door." Manager describes disturbing encounter Store manager Mahmoud Albakry said the woman initially claimed she was there for an Uber Eats order, though no such order existed. "She said she was here for an UBER order, but there was no order for Uber. Then she went over to the table and asked people for food and they gave her some. I feel bad for my people, doing their job," Albakry said. Earlier incident details The incident occurred at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, at the Snappers restaurant located on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard. The Broward Sheriff's Office said the woman appeared to be acting erratically. According to BSO, after falsely claiming she was picking up food, the woman used the restroom, then approached a table and placed her hands on customers' meals. Surveillance footage shows her later wiping down the front counter with a wet cloth. As employees began calling for help and locked the front door, the video captures the woman pulling a knife from inside her hoodie and shouting for the door to be opened. She then held the knife to Louis' face and demanded the door be unlocked. He complied, and the woman left the scene. Louis confirmed he had never seen the woman before. Call for public to help The Broward Sheriff's Office released the surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the suspect. Anyone with information is urged to give them a call at (954) 321-4236 or contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), online at or dial **TIPS (8477) from any cellphone.
CBS News
23-05-2025
- CBS News
Search is for knife-wielding woman who threatened Pompano Beach restaurant worker
A knife-wielding woman was caught on camera threatening a Pompano Beach restaurant employee last week. It happened Wednesday, May 14, just before 10 p.m., at a Snappers restaurant on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, witnesses said she was acting strangely. First, according to BSO, she told workers she was there to pick up an Uber order. However, there was no order for her. Then, after using the restroom, she went up to a table where people were eating and placed her hands on their food, according to the sheriff's office. Surveillance video shows the woman then going to the counter and wiping it down with a wet cloth. As employees called for help and locked the front door, the video shows the woman pulling a knife from inside her hoodie as she yells at the employees to open the door. When they refused, she went up to a worker, put the knife to his face and demanded that he open the door. He did and the woman left the restaurant. The sheriff's office has released the video in hopes that someone recognizes her. Anyone with information is urged to give them a call at (954) 321-4236 or contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477), online at or dial **TIPS (8477) from any cellphone.
Free Malaysia Today
18-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Two men arrested after parang attack at restaurant
Police said three masked men armed with parangs carried out the attack when the victim was about to alight from his car. PETALING JAYA : Two men in their 30s have been arrested in connection with a brutal parang attack on a restaurant customer in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth, last Friday. Police are also seeking another man to assist in the investigation, Bernama reported. The 41-year-old victim was seriously injured. The attack, by three masked men armed with parangs, came as he was about to alight from his car when he and a friend arrived at a restaurant for a meal at about 7.20pm. 'The victim attempted to flee but was hit by the suspects' car and attacked by three masked men armed with parangs,' acting Seberang Perai Utara police chief C Tharmalingam said in a statement. The victim managed to escape to a nearby private clinic for treatment. He was later taken to hospital and is now in stable condition.
