{"id":59401,"date":"2025-12-12T18:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59401\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T18:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T18:58:06","slug":"police-seek-suspect-after-mcdonalds-kiosk-smashed-in-holiday-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/59401\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek suspect after McDonald\u2019s kiosk smashed in holiday outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 The holiday season is supposed to be merry and bright, but one Dickson City McDonald\u2019s customer apparently channeled more Grinch than holly jolly elf.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dickson City Police, an unidentified man became enraged inside the McDonald\u2019s restaurant and smashed an ordering kiosk before speeding away in a dark-colored minivan. Officers jokingly described the culprit as a \u201cMeisterburger\u201d \u2014 a nod to the grumpy character from classic Christmas specials \u2014 while noting the scene looked more like something caused by the Hamburglar\u2019s rowdy cousin.<\/p>\n<p>The outburst happened recently during what police hoped would be a peaceful stretch of holiday festivities. Instead, the suspect\u2019s Grinch-like behavior left the restaurant with a broken kiosk and a mystery to solve.<\/p>\n<p>Police released photos of the man and the vehicle and are asking anyone who recognizes the \u201cMeisterburger\u201d to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Tully is handling the investigation and can be reached at 570-489-3231 ext. 2052.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, and the case remains open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DICKSON CITY, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 The holiday season is supposed to be merry and bright, but one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-59401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}