Patron Charged With Subway Sandwich Battery

JANUARY 10--Upset that his sandwich had not been sliced into two pieces, a Subway customer allegedly threw the offending hero at a store clerk, striking her with the grub, according to police who yesterday arrested the man for battery.

Cops say Alberto De Barros, 54, was collared following a confrontation last night at a Subway restaurant near his residence in Stuart, Florida.

Subway worker Cassandra Pierre-Louis told sheriff’s deputies that De Barros, a licensed building contractor, “became upset with her after finding out that his sandwich was not separated,” according to a probable cause affidavit.

Following a “brief verbal exchange,” Pierre-Louis said, De Barros “began causing a disruptive scene.” After the Subway worker announced that she would no longer be serving De Barros, “the sandwich was thrown at Ms. Pierre-Louis.”

The sandwich--which struck Pierre-Louis in her “mid to lower body section”--is not further described by investigators.

When De Barros left the restaurant, Pierre-Louis followed him outside and photographed his license plate (which led cops to De Barros’s nearby Porpoise Circle townhouse).

During police questioning, De Barros (seen at left) acknowledged being “upset over his sandwich not being cut,” adding that he “believed he threw the sandwich at the counter instead of Ms. Pierre Louis.” Store surveillance footage showed “De Barros swipe the sandwich off the counter which subsequently strikes Ms. Pierre-Louis.”

De Barros was arrested for battery, a misdemeanor, and booked into the Martin County jail. He was released from custody this afternoon after posting $1000 bond. He is scheduled for a February 1 arraignment. (2 pages)