Authorities have arrested two men in connection with the stabbing of a fast-food restaurant employee. Des Moines police said 22-year-old Jose Manuel Perez Soto and 28-year-old Miguel Jesus Soto, both of Des Moines, were charged with willful injury. The stabbing happened Tuesday night at the McDonald’s restaurant on Des Moines Street near Interstate 235.The suspects went inside to complain about a missing item in their order, and the situation escalated, Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said. The McDonald’s employee refunded the customers’ money, but police said the refund didn’t stop the suspects from becoming violent. The employee was outside when the suspected assailants returned to the restaurant and assaulted him. The employee was stabbed in the leg but will be OK, police said. Police said a messed-up McDonald’s order was not worth stabbing someone in the leg. The suspects were taken to the Polk County Jail, where they’re being held without bond.

Authorities have arrested two men in connection with the stabbing of a fast-food restaurant employee.

Des Moines police said 22-year-old Jose Manuel Perez Soto and 28-year-old Miguel Jesus Soto, both of Des Moines, were charged with willful injury.


The stabbing happened Tuesday night at the McDonald’s restaurant on Des Moines Street near Interstate 235.

The suspects went inside to complain about a missing item in their order, and the situation escalated, Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said.

The McDonald’s employee refunded the customers’ money, but police said the refund didn’t stop the suspects from becoming violent. The employee was outside when the suspected assailants returned to the restaurant and assaulted him.

The employee was stabbed in the leg but will be OK, police said.

Police said a messed-up McDonald’s order was not worth stabbing someone in the leg.

The suspects were taken to the Polk County Jail, where they’re being held without bond.