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Luke Gatti, 20, of Long Island, New York, was arrested last month in Palm Beach County for allegedly assaulting an officer and resisting arrest, according to Florida jail records. Gatti, a former UMass and UConn student, is perhaps best known for his epic, alcohol-fueled tirade against a UConn dining facility manager who denied Gatti access to bacon jalapeno macaroni and cheese in October 2015. That led to a prolonged verbal assault against the manager that eventually turned physical, with Gatti shoving and spitting on the man. The teenager was arrested by UConn police and no longer attends the Storrs university.

(Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)

SPRINGFIELD — He recorded a public apology video for his epic meltdown after he couldn't get his beloved bacon jalapeno macaroni and cheese at a University of Connecticut dining facility in October 2015.

Now, former UMass and UConn student Luke Gatti, whose tirade went viral after he was denied his mac and cheese, is in trouble with the law again. And this time a judge may not be so lenient on Gatti, who turned 20 back in January.

Luke Vincent Gatti, of Bayville, New York, a waterfront village on Long Island's fabled Gold Coast, was booked on charges of battery on an officer and resisting an officer "with violence" on May 28 after he was reportedly arrested by authorities in Boca Raton, Florida.

Gatti, aka the "Mac and Cheese Kid," was released on bond on May 31, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office records, but an update on the status of his Florida case was not immediately available. Gatti's father, Vincent Gatti, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment about his son's latest legal trouble.

In December 2015, a Connecticut judge gave Gatti a year of probation for pushing and spitting at the manager of a campus restaurant, saying the then-19-year-old had already been subjected to "excruciating and humiliating publicity" for which "he has only himself to blame."

Judge John B. Farley granted "accelerated rehabilitation" to Gatti, determining that his crime wasn't too serious and that he was unlikely to offend in the future, the Hartford Courant reported in December.

"I would say it's fair to assume that any future brushes with the law Mr. Gatti has will bring more unwanted publicity to him," Farley said.

Those words proved to be prophetic.

Gatti would later apologize to the campus restaurant manager and chef, both of whom at the time had to physically restrain the teen until police arrived. As an officer led Gatti away, the intoxicated student spat at the manager, who denied him the mac and cheese because Gatti had entered the facility with a beer.

Gatti continued to act up as he was being booked at the UConn police station, the Courant reported in October.

Gatti posted an apology video on YouTube and reached out to the manager and chef, both of whom forgave him and asked the media to leave the kid alone. Gatti even traveled to South America to visit the former UConn restaurant manager, who left his job after the incident became an international story. The two have become friends, according to the Courant.

Meanwhile, prosecutors objected to Farley's lenient treatment of Gatti in December. They cautioned the judge that Gatti had a pattern of bad behavior as a college student, including brushes with the law when he attended UMass Amherst.

In September 2014, Gatti was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault and battery on a police officer, the Massachusetts Daily Collegian reported at the time.

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