ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man faces multiple charges after sheriff's deputies say he threatened two McDonald's customers with a stun gun and knife and yelled "get out of my country."
Mohamed Galal and Zeyad Said told St. Johns Sheriff's deputies that John Jay Smith, 60, approached them while holding a knife and asked if they were "American boys." An arrest report says Smith yelled that they "don't deserve American food."
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Smith faces charges of aggravated assault, trespassing and burglary.
While being arrested, the report says Smith said "they killed my son," a U.S. Marine who died while in combat in Afghanistan.
Prosecutors will determine whether the incident was a hate crime.