What happened after a customer was arrested for attacking a Raising Cane's manager over missing sauce?

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A dispute over missing dipping sauce at a Raising Cane's in Largo, Florida, escalated far beyond a wrong order on November 29, 2024. Police accused customer McKenzie Keeling of confronting manager Tatyana Herbert and grabbing the lanyard around Herbert's neck. Keeling was arrested on December 4, booked into the Pinellas County jail on a felony strong-arm robbery charge and released after posting a $2,500 bond. IBTimes and WFLA's syndicated report both covered the arrest and original allegation. Keeling later offered a different account in a Code Blue Cam video: she said she grabbed the lanyard because she wanted to read the manager's name tag, not because she intended to rob her. That explanation is Keeling's defense, not a court finding. The Code Blue Cam follow-up also said the original felony charge was reduced to a misdemeanor. That reduction is the latest supported change in the case, but it is not the same as a final disposition. The available material does not settle whether the case ultimately ended in a plea, dismissal, conviction or sentence. The firm aftermath is an arrest, bond release and later reduction of the charge, with Keeling continuing to dispute that she intended a robbery.