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Deputies: Elmira woman tossed bleach around Big Flats restaurant

Deputies: Elmira woman tossed bleach around Big Flats restaurant

Larissa King Photo: Saga Communications/Chemung County Sheriff's Office


BIG FLATS, NY (607NewsNow) — A Chemung County woman is accused of making a disturbance at a fast food restaurant.

Deputies say Larissa King went to the Five Guys in Big Flats on Friday, July 3 looking for someone who works there. King, who lives in Elmira, allegedly grabbed a knife and an open bottle of bleach.

She’s accused of throwing bleach at several employees, on the grill, and on prepared food. Several charges were filed against King.

The restaurant was temporarily closed because of bleach exposure.

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