The Southern California teen seen in a viral video assaulting a Chipotle worker has finally been arrested.
Surveillance video shows a female teenager arguing with a Chipotle employee in Santa Ana before hurling her food at the worker.
The assault happened on May 12.
The Santa Ana Police Department released footage of the assault and asked the public for help identifying and locating the teen.
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Santa Ana PD on Friday announced that 18-year-old Samantha Dominoe Salomon was arrested by detectives on Thursday.
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Thanks to our Correctional Officers and several community members, the suspect was positively identified as Samantha Dominoe Salomon (18) of Santa Ana. Yesterday, detectives arrested Salomon. pic.twitter.com/ZvhP21qjld
— SantaAnaPD (@SantaAnaPD) June 5, 2026
KTLA reported:
A Santa Ana teenager was arrested in connection with a video that went viral last week, showing a customer assaulting a Chipotle worker, police announced Friday.
The incident happened on May 12, according to the Santa Ana Police Department, at a Chipotle in a shopping center located in the 1300 block of W. 17th Street.
A video released by the police department on May 27 shows a young female customer arguing with an employee at the register and hurling a bowl of food at the worker’s chest.
Police initially asked for the public’s help to identify the suspect, who they said fled the shopping center after the assault.
On Friday, the department said, “Thanks to our Correctional Officers and several community members, the suspect was positively identified as Samantha Dominoe Salomon (18) of Santa Ana.”
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