{"id":2227075,"date":"2024-04-22T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-mcdonalds-worker-viciously-assaulted-gets-skull-fractured-by-suspect-with-crime-ridden-history\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:48:40","slug":"teen-mcdonalds-worker-viciously-assaulted-gets-skull-fractured-by-suspect-with-crime-ridden-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-mcdonalds-worker-viciously-assaulted-gets-skull-fractured-by-suspect-with-crime-ridden-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen McDonald&#8217;s employee brutally attacked, suffers skull fracture by repeat offender"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteen-mcdonalds-worker-viciously-assaulted-gets-skull-fractured-by-suspect-with-crime-ridden-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 15-year-old girl in Missouri\u200b suffered skull fractures and brain damage after \u2064being brutally assaulted at a St. Louis-area McDonald&#8217;s. The attacker, with a criminal record, was caught in a video assaulting the teenager. The victim&#8217;s mother shared the distressing footage on social media and initiated a GoFundMe campaign for her daughter&#8217;s recovery. \u2064The \u2064assailant was identified as Johnny\u2063 Ricks and has been arrested, facing assault and property damage charges.\u2064 The incident is under police \u2064investigation to identify all victims and perpetrators involved.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 7:32am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A Missouri teen was viciously assaulted at a St. Louis-area McDonald\u2019s earlier this month, and the suspect has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prosecutions-star-witness-in-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-has-a-lengthy-criminal-record\/\" title=\"Prosecution\u2019s Star Witness in Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Has a Lengthy Criminal Record\u00a0\">lengthy criminal record<\/a>, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old girl suffered a fractured skull, brain damage, and other injuries after she was punched, dragged by her hair and stomped on.<\/p>\n<p>The reportedly unprovoked April 7 attack was caught on video and posted on social media by the mother of Aryiah Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>A roughly one-minute clip shows a large fight in a McDonald\u2019s parking lot in unincorporated north St. Louis County and a man attacking a girl. Police identified him as 25-year-old Johnny Ricks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstalert4.com\/2024\/04\/12\/video-shows-violent-fight-outside-north-county-mcdonalds-suspects-at-large\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KMOV-TV<\/a> in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>The girl was dragged across the concrete by her hair and then had her head stomped on. After she managed to get away, her attacker punched her in the head, the video shows.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch\u2019s mother, Shawnunique Phillips, posted the disturbing video on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shawnunique.phillips.5\/posts\/pfbid02QzMQ8dgLgJSHak7xMnvNFeVBRehFu57sD4eWkvc4SB1VNDPqrU8KkvDpHsZEpyipl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>. She has also launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-aryiah-heal-from-a-tragic-assault?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet&#038;utm_medium=copy_link&#038;utm_source=customer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a GoFundMe campaign<\/a> to raise money to assist in her daughter\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The initial KMOV report is below.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains images some viewers might find disturbing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video shows violent fight outside North County McDonalds; suspects at-large\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KeIXWpil0yQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>KMOV reported the melee that led to Lynch\u2019s attack began in the restaurant\u2019s drive-thru area.<\/p>\n<p>Police and the victim told the outlet Ricks and a number of other people had been in drive-thru but were behaving inappropriately.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect and those with him were told if they wished to place an order they would have to do so at the counter.<\/p>\n<p>Ricks entered the McDonald\u2019s and spit on four employees \u2013 including Lynch, KMOV reported.<\/p>\n<p>A large brawl then broke out and made its way outside, which is where Lynch was assaulted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think crime is getting worse in the United States?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe was admitted to one of the local hospitals in Saint Louis with a skull fracture and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nfl-player-phillip-adams-found-to-have-suffered-from-cte-following-april-shootings\/\" title=\"Ex-NFL Player Phillip Adams Found To Have Suffered From CTE Following April Shootings\">frontal lobe damage<\/a>,\u201d the teen\u2019s mother wrote in her GoFundMe campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAryiah has also sustained a broken nose, a concussion, and many lacerations in her head. Aryiah had to have surgery April 17, which was a success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GoFundMe post said Aryiah was released from the hospital after the surgery and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broadway-unveils-new-diversity-document-we-will-never-assemble-an-all-white-creative-team-on-a-production-again\/\" title=\"Broadway Unveils New Diversity Document: We \u2018Will Never Assemble An All-White Creative Team On A Production Again\u2019\">short-term goal<\/a> of returning to work.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch spoke to KMOV about the attack and explained she was caught off guard by being violently targeted by an adult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting stomped out by a grown man? I wasn\u2019t prepared for what was gonna happen,\u201d Lynch said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to protect myself in the moment,\u201d she added. \u201cI just want him in jail and charges to be pressed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis County has been making national headlines for crime problems recently. In March, a Venezuelan woman who\u2019d entered the country illegally was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/laken-riley-2-0-illegal-charged-killing-missouri-boy-12-blood-bidens-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged with involuntary manslaughter<\/a> in connection with the death of a 12-year-old boy following a December traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p>The county is also home to Hazelwood High School, where a vicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missouri-teens-life-hangs-thread-vicious-high-school-beatdown-caught-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught-on-video beating<\/a> on March 8 left a 15-year-old girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/girl-charged-leaving-missouri-teen-kaylee-gain-coma-brutal-beatdown-something-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comatose with brain injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her alleged assailant has been charged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-girl-charged-brutal-beating-missouri-teen-kaylee-gain-starts-fundraiser-real-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with felony assault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The victim has since woken from the coma and is recovering, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/kaylees-recovery-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe update<\/a> posted by her father on April 16.<\/p>\n<p>According to KMOV, Ricks was arrested on April 9 and charged with assault and property damage.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/21\/us-news\/mcdonalds-worker-15-left-with-fractured-skull-after-man-stomps-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Ricks has a lengthy criminal record which includes recent arrests for alleged crimes of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, theft, fraud and excessive speeding.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for alleged assault in April 2023, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ricks was ordered held on a $150,000 cash-only bond, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>Police told KMOV they were still investigating the incident to identify more victims and attackers.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the McDonald\u2019s location issued a statement pledging cooperation with the investigation, according to KMOV.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent incident at a St. Louis-area McDonald&#8217;s, a Missouri teen endured a brutal assault, resulting in a fractured skull, brain damage, and other injuries. The assailant, with a substantial criminal history, severely harmed the 15-year-old girl. 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