Man throws brick at Piedmont Brewery. Supervisor requires higher psychological well being companies
Piedmont Brewery and Kitchen in downtown Macon closed early Thursday after a person threw a brick via the entrance window, in accordance with a restaurant supervisor.
Kory Poss, the restaurant supervisor, mentioned the brick left a gap within the window with glass scattered behind the host stand. The brick narrowly missed the hosts and nobody was injured.
“They had been sort of standing proper there when the brick was thrown,” Poss mentioned. “Fortunately it didn’t go and hit anyone.”
It wasn’t the primary time Poss had seen the person exterior of the restaurant on Third St. and Cherry St. Lane, however the incident was uncommon, he mentioned.
“We’ve bystanders and stuff like that, however I don’t know what the difficulty was to be sincere,” Poss mentioned. “This man has been round a few occasions, however he threw the brick and took off.”
Prospects and workers chased the suspect on foot via the Dunlap Park median towards an alley on Cherry St. Lane, however misplaced him earlier than deputies arrived, Poss informed The Telegraph.
It’s unclear whether or not the suspect was arrested as of Friday night.
A wooden panel coated the damaged window Friday, which Poss fearful would deter prospects from coming inside. The restaurant reopened Friday as common.
The restaurant posted a photograph of the storefront on Instagram with the caption, “#meanpeoplesuck.”
One consumer commented “Macon makes itself arduous to like generally.”
The restaurant responded, “This occurs all over the place. I simply want we had higher psychological well being take care of the displaced.”
Poss recalled a earlier dialog with the person who, he mentioned, was mad at an area church, not affiliated with Piedmont.
“I feel it was any person who had misdirected their anger at one thing we had nothing to do with,” Poss mentioned. “I do suppose we must always have a greater program for mentally sick sufferers.”
Poss was uncertain how a lot cash it will take to repair the window, nevertheless it might take a couple of month to restore.
An incident report was filed with the Bibb County Sheriff’s Workplace.
This story will probably be up to date as extra data turns into out there.
