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A man whom his attorney described as having a learning disability was sentenced to 12 months in jail Friday for grabbing the wrist of a teenage Zaxby’s employee and “politely” asking her to get into the trunk of his vehicle after she had finished loading his large takeout order.

Authorities said Marquise L. Bailey, 30, was trying to abduct the woman last November as she helped him carry several boxes of food to his car outside the fast-food chicken restaurant off Midlothian Turnpike in the Stonebridge Shopping Center.

Prosecutor Reneen Hewlett told the court that Bailey, after earlier asking for her phone number, grabbed and twisted her wrist after he opened the trunk, saying, “Come on, get into the car.” After she pleaded to be let go, Bailey replied, “Please, just get into the trunk,” Hewlett said.

But defense attorney Steve Sommers said his client is learning-disabled, collects Supplemental Security Income for his disability and was really just trying to ask the teen out on date, albeit clumsily.

“He is not the most socially adept young man,” Sommers told the court. “He thought she was attractive” and was “just chatting her up.”