{"id":420241,"date":"2026-10-06T14:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420241\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:10:10","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-threatening-mcdonalds-employee-had-rifle-in-backpack-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420241\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Accused of Threatening McDonald\u2019s Employee Had Rifle in Backpack, Sheriff Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A call about a man threatening a McDonald&#8217;s employee led Hillsborough County deputies to a suspect carrying a rifle, a loaded-capacity magazine, and marijuana, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies were sent to the McDonald&#8217;s on Big Bend Road in Hillsborough County, Florida, at about 4:28 p.m. on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The caller reported that a man at the restaurant was threatening an employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies arrived as the man was leaving.<\/p>\n<p>At The Door<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Embedded media follows; please allow a moment to load.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:Hillsborough County Sheriff&#039;s Office;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1118859383845002\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> identified the man as 25-year-old Logan Vonnahme.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies made contact with Vonnahme as he was leaving the restaurant and searched his backpack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Inside, they found a rifle, a 30-round magazine and marijuana, the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The agency&#8217;s video shows deputies confronting Vonnahme outside the restaurant before taking him into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Two Charges<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vonnahme was charged with armed possession of a controlled substance and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sheriff&#8217;s office did not provide additional details in its Facebook post about what Vonnahme was accused of saying or doing to the McDonald&#8217;s employee before deputies arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It also did not say in the post whether the rifle was loaded, whether Vonnahme displayed it during the alleged threat or whether the employee knew it was inside his backpack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HCSO&#8217;s public arrest-record guidance notes that arrest information reflects the circumstances known at the time of an arrest and does not establish the final disposition of criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you want more stories like this, follow <a data-ylk=\"slk:Guessing Headlights;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/guessingheadlights.com\/6d27\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Guessing Headlights<\/a><a data-ylk=\"slk:on;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/guessingheadlights.com\/6d27\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> on <\/a><a data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/guessingheadlights.com\/6d27\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo<\/a> so you don&#8217;t miss what&#8217;s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A call about a man threatening a McDonald&#8217;s employee led Hillsborough County deputies to a suspect carrying a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-420241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}