South Carolina Man Arrested For Grabbing Woman’s Breasts In Florida McDonald’s Restroom

Tavernier, Florida McDonald's. Credit: Google Maps

TAVERNIER, FL – A 57-year-old man from Columbia, South Carolina, was arrested on Tuesday following an alleged assault in a fast-food restaurant restroom in the Florida Keys.

The incident occurred at a McDonald’s in Tavernier, with deputies responding to the scene around 5:50 p.m.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a female employee reported that the suspect, identified as William Barney Weems, crawled under a stall partition while she was cleaning the women’s restroom and grabbed her breasts. The worker was not injured during the encounter.

Weems reportedly confessed to intentionally grabbing the woman. He was subsequently taken into custody and transported to a local jail.