A 37-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after police said he attacked two men and a 6-year-old boy outside a McDonald’s in Miami Gardens.
According to an arrest report from the Miami Gardens Police Department, Javarus Therone Howard, of Miami Gardens, was arrested Saturday on charges of burglary of an occupied conveyance and three counts of battery.
The incident occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald’s at 18250 NW 27th Ave. Police said the victims had finished eating inside the restaurant and were leaving when Howard followed them to their car.
The report states that Howard grabbed the boy’s father by the throat on the passenger side of the vehicle, sparking a physical altercation. Howard then entered the vehicle through the driver’s side door and stole $20 in cash. He also grabbed the boy by the head in the backseat.
The vehicle owner confronted Howard, who slapped the man’s phone from his hand, before re-entering the McDonald’s, where officers located and arrested him.
Several witnesses in the drive-through provided written statements about the attack. Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the incident.
The stolen $20 was returned to the father during Howard’s arrest. As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, with his bond listed as “to be set.”
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