Ex-McDonald’s Cashier Cleared of All Charges in Assault Case
The word came down in a hushed Manhattan courtroom on Friday. At 4:30 p.m. prosecutors announced to the media that a NY grand jury cleared ex-McDonald’s cashier Rayon McIntosh of all felony assault charges connected with the savage beating of two female customers that was caught on tape.
“I’m just glad to be home,” McIntosh, 31, told DNAinfo after being released from Rikers Island Friday night. “I feel elated, I feel splendid.”
The case was a flash point for angry Americans who have grown wary of the national media portraying criminals as victims in cases such as this.
McIntosh, who served 11 years in prison for manslaughter, was fired from his job after the incident took place at a Greenwich Village McDonald’s in July. He spent the next seven weeks in a Rikers Island jail cell praying and awaiting his fate.
“We were begging them to get security,” McIntosh told DNAinfo.com by phone early Saturday morning. “The McDonald’s itself is a problematic store. It has a high, concentrated number of people every day. “In the Village, it’s crazy.”
The restaurant’s owner, Carmen Paulino, told DNAinfo that she hired security to patrol the restaurant every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. After the incident, which occurred early on a Thursday morning, she hired additional security for Wednesday nights as well.
But police sources told DNAinfo after the incident that McDonald’s management chose not to hire off-duty NYPD officers to patrol the restaurant because it “wasn’t in their financial interest.”
One of the women, Denise Darbeau, suffered a skull fracture. She is seen above entering court to face trespassing charges after the incident. The other woman, Rachel Edwards, received a deep laceration on her arm.
McIntosh told DNAinfo that his next step will be to hire an attorney to take “civil action” against the restaurant. He added that he would never work in the fast-food industry again.
McIntosh acknowledged the overwhelming support he received from members of the public who collected funds to help pay his defense. “I want to thank the grand jury and my family for being there, and all the people who supported me across the state of New York,” he said.
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YIPEEE!
I prefer this news than trying to figure out what Beyaki is trying to say or which size the Camel Hump has deflated to this week…..
While I am glad that he will not be charged, I still think the man needs counseling for his anger issues.
Good news!!!!
Idk. I feel some kind of way about this.
Just cause they was wrong does that mean you should beat them within an inch? I guess the spirit took over? Thats a whole lot of self defense, but eh.
I hope to never be in that situation cause imma empty my whole damn can of mace. 
WOW!!!
Good for him
I bet them bishes wont fukk with another McDonald’s employee!
His stance and smile reminds me of how I felt while taking pictures after college graduation….
@lady_cn
I mean them chicks shouldnt ova that counter but he didnt have to beat them that bad.
Congrats to him!
@ OTB…I understand your point but, didn’t one of them threaten to stab him? I guess he wasn’t taking any chances.
Is this the dude that mollywop those two chics at McDonalds?
Oh shait the McRib is back let me grab something to eat.
Hallelujah!
I hope this teaches others not to come for folks who didn’t send for them
i mean he DID defend himself from being attacked so let THIS be the reason no other broads try him like that
I just love when people try to be big, bag, and want to talk sh1t. Then they get dealt with. More people should be put in their place.
Good for them two bishes trying to show out
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Ewwww Igo I heard that the mcrib had polyurethane ethandhfkdjhsfkh (or some ish in it)
I have a feeling McDonald’s will settle
So happy that he’s out. McDonald’s was quick to play judge, jury, and executioner when they fired him so why aren’t they speaking out now that the charges have been dropped?
@goat
big and bag huh?
and 
Wendy’s anyone?
OTB u tambout the Whupahoe spirit?
Good for him! How dare someone come on your job and charge at you to do you bodily harm with God knows what in their possession. He beat them to the white meat and they asked for it.
*gets stray jackets ready and lined up*
THIS IS A MICKEY DEE’S POST
There is another
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Welp, all of em need some anger management if u ask me….him, the man-girl and the other heffa….
KDub says:
Wendy’s anyone?
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Yasss!!
@23 Have you tried their Avocado Cheeseburger yet? It costs a hundred million dollars but it is soooo good! #yummmmy
Daisy says:
I hope this teaches others not to come for folks who didn’t send for them
I’m glad this is put to rest. I never believed this man deserved to be jailed for defending himself
Daisy says:
I hope this teaches others not to come for folks who didn’t send for them
He coulda went over the counter say way they did @Dimpz.
Who sticks around for that?
Whupahoe spirit
Thats the one.
I tried so earnestly to leave mine in the last millenium. 
Zoe B. says:
His stance and smile reminds me of how I felt while taking pictures after college graduation….
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OutsidetheBox says:
Whupahoe spirit
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I can’t stop laughing…..
he said “you can leap over..but you gonna limp back”
@Ya’ll – Wendy’s is selling avacado? Get out of here.
I just had a turkeyburger with avacado…
@Jazi
That was funny as hell LOL I busted out laughing at my desk
Punks jump up to get beat down
I like Wendys pickles
Im sorry but at least he did some time I haven’t read everyone’s comments but I mean he did some time
@Cali
Try their Crispy Chicken Ceasear wrap real parmesean cheese
NORDSTROM Rack is not priced well but I did find two adobarble mini tea sets nice for my mom and sis and my bought my other sis this really pretty throw reversible
I am very happy those heaux(s) got their arses beat and I am more happy that McIntosh was let out of jail. Hope he gets bank from McDonalds. How do you justify not standing up for your employee if they did nothing wrong. SMH.
I though ole girl in the pic above was his mother….not his girlfriend. :shock:
good for him!!! justice.
i hope these hoes get the message that jumping over fast food counters is just as bad for your health as supersized combos.
People can say what they want until you are in that situation. How many people would not beat the hell out of someone let alone two people who jump the counter to attack YOU at your job. Some people would do less damage if someone was messing w/ their kids.
If someone attacked me (not I think they are about too) but flat out attack me I wouldn’t be thinking….let me see…maybe i shouldn’t f*ck them up that bad, just pushing them would get them off of me????
What this basically comes down to is the law of the jungle. It’s been said by damn near every prosecuting court on the planet that if you feel your life is in danger, you have the right to defend yourself by any means necessary….crazy bishes jumping over the counter at your job bumping their gums? Yeah. I would’ve felt threatened and once I feel threatened, I am not responsible for what happens to you….
Who was that woman in here a few weeks ago raving and raving about being an expert on New York law and swore up and down this man was going to be in SERIOUS trouble? She was real IGNANT with it too and clowned and patronized any poster who didn’t know NY law like she did.
Guess what woman…how does it feel to be WRONG?!? SAT down!
As well as the charges should have been dropped. That man was working, minding his own business!!
Good for him.
They started it and he ended it.
Betcha those woman are going to try and sue him for “pain and suffering” or try and sue McDonalds. They are going to want money
Daisy says:
I hope this teaches others not to come for folks who didn’t send for them
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i unno why this made me laugh!
jazi65 says:
he said “you can leap over..but you gonna limp back”
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31? i guess his life was hard
i never see a dude fresh outta jail WITHOUT a girl, i care
Where is the resident SR lawyer? I must see what he has to say now.
Good for him.
This is REAL justic. I’m really glad and sad to hear this… Glad for McIntosh and sad for the two sisters who made some serious bad choices.
I knew he wouldn’t do time for this.
A jury of his peers were silently thanking Rayon for whupping these wildebeests arses so other citizens won’t have to do it themselves later.
Hopefully these “ladies” have learned a lesson.
lady_cn says:
While I am glad that he will not be charged, I still think the man needs counseling for his anger issues.
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You would be mad too if two clowns jumped over a counter and slapped the heck outta you!
I Go There says:
Is this the dude that mollywop those two chics at McDonalds?
Oh shait the McRib is back let me grab something to eat.
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Daisy says:
I hope this teaches others not to come for folks who didn’t send for them
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I think he did the right thing by whipping on them. He’s doing what the dudes, I mean girls, parents should have done long time ago. Growing up in NY, I know first hand how some of these girls think. They act like dudes and think they can fight dudes. These girls look like they probably could have taken him if it was not for that magic stick he picked up. If it was me, they would have been in the burn unit from having that fry grease splashed on them.
AllNYC says:
I knew he wouldn’t do time for this.
A jury of his peers were silently thanking Rayon for whupping these wildebeests arses so other citizens won’t have to do it themselves later.
Hopefully these “ladies” have learned a lesson.
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Hello all, best freaking news I’ve heard all day! Wish him and his family much prosperity.
Any money he is awarded should go to the family of the person he was convicted of killing!!!
SMHN… Those chicks did not get “beat within and inch of their lives”. That frail wire he hit them with was not that serious. They got less than what they deserved being that they were the aggressors and would not leave that man alone. I’m happy for him.
ShoYaRight says:
“Who was that woman in here a few weeks ago raving and raving about being an expert on New York law and swore up and down this man was going to be in SERIOUS trouble? She was real IGNANT with it too and clowned and patronized any poster who didn’t know NY law like she did.
Guess what woman…how does it feel to be WRONG?!? SAT down!”
–That would be that “I Run New York” chick
Starr says:
Good for him.
They started it and he ended it.
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I agree, and everyone else too! Definitely didn’t deserve the monster bashing, but it obviously was time to get that butt whoopin’ they didn’t get once upon a time. I’m glad things worked out in his favor. He’s done his time…