A 19-year-old Wendy’s manager, Michiko Burton, has been arrested and charged with simple assault and false imprisonment following an Aug. 30, 2026, incident at a restaurant on South Church Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Burton allegedly used white trash bag liners to tie the ankles of a neurodivergent co-worker to a kitchen grill workstation during a shift.
While the former manager initially pushed back by claiming the act was an innocent social media stunt, a co-worker who came forward and the victim’s family have described a much different situation involving alleged workplace abuse and negligence.
