Police in League City arrested a man who was accused of stabbing a restaurant manager with a pocketknife after being told he needed to wear a mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.
The stabbing happened in March at a Jack in the Box restaurant in League City, just southeast of Houston, and authorities had issued an arrest warrant for James Schulz Jr. shortly after the stabbing occurred.
Police in Texas were searching Friday for a man accused of refusing to wear a mask at a Jack in the Box restaurant and then stabbing the shift manager with what was believed to be a pocketknife.
Schulz was arrested Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct.
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Jail records do not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
The manager had three stab wounds and was treated and released from a hospital.
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