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Woodstock, Cherokee County, Ga. December 30, 2002 On December 27, 2002, Deputies from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office responded to the McDonald's at 2105 TowneLake Parkway regarding threats received from a customer.
After meeting with the victim, deputies received information the suspect/customer had gone through the drive thru window earlier and tried to pay for his order with a ripped one hundred dollar bill. The management of McDonald's attempted to verify the bill was not counterfeit. The suspect/customer became upset with the management and left. The suspect/customer went home and called the customer service hotline for McDonald's to file a complaint. During the recorded phone call, the suspect/customer made threats to damage the McDonald's and injure the employees working.
Investigators at the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division secured a warrant for Terroristic Threats against Richard Demeritt, 35 years of age of Woodstock, Ga. Demeritt turned himself in at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center. Demeritt had a bond of $5,550.
