McDonald’s worker wrestles teen to floor, chokes her over ranch, FL cops say

A McDonald’s worker choked a 17-year-old girl on the floor after the teen was accused of going behind the counter to get her own ranch dressing, Florida authorities said.

Akeena Sampson, 31, is charged with child abuse without great bodily harm, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.

McClatchy News reached out to her public defender April 8 and did not immediately receive a response.

Police wrote in an arrest affidavit that McDonald’s employees weren’t helping the 17-year-old customer the afternoon of April 4, so she went behind the counter and got some ranch herself.

As she was walking away, Sampson grabbed the teen’s arm, and the girl tried to get loose before Sampson then grabbed her neck, “choking her and taking her to the ground,” according to police.

Sampson is accused of continuing to choke the girl on the floor, leaving her with “visible injuries” on her neck and elbow, officers wrote.

Police said there’s a video of the incident.

Pinellas County records show Sampson bonded out of jail and was ordered to stay away from her workplace.

St. Petersburg is part of the Tampa Bay area.