An apparent hankering for fast-food chicken led to the arrest of a 32-year-old Jacksonville woman Tuesday night on after the manager of the Town Center's Pollo Tropical restaurant was hit by a car cutting into its drive-through line.

Jatasha N. Jefferson of the 1400 block of East 27th Street is charged with aggravated assault, according to jail records.

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Witnesses said the driver of a brown Jeep Compass tried to cut in line about 7 p.m. at the new restaurant at 4863 Town Center Parkway. So manager Charles Phillips, 53, told her she had to "go to the back of the line like everybody else," according to the arrest report. But she continued to pull in between other cars, almost hitting one as the managaer tried to control the traffic.

Phillips got into the line of cars to stop the Jeep, but the driver continued and hit his left knee. The manager told her that if she hit him again, he was calling police. But she bumped him again as she cut into line, the arrest report said. She was still trying to place an order until she was arrested.

Jefferson told officers she never hit anyone and witnesses "were lying," the report said. Officers observed swelling on the manager's left knee.



