--- title: Former Chick-fil-A Employee Allegedly Robs KFC description: An ex-Chick-fil-A employee was arrested Wednesday after allegedly robbing a South Carolina KFC drive-thru at gunpoint. canonical: https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-27T16:25:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:12.872Z og:title: Former Chick-fil-A Employee Allegedly Robs KFC og:description: Fowl play og:url: https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6599adc5025b2f8f/698699a5361760a96090cd55/174333679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3298 og:image:height: 1855 og:image:alt: CHINA-FOOD-SAFETY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Former Chick-fil-A Employee Allegedly Robs KFC twitter:description: Fowl play twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6599adc5025b2f8f/698699a5361760a96090cd55/174333679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chick-fil-A Employee Accused of Robbing KFC After He Was Fired > Sponsored content. 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China's state-run CCTV television network has reported in its consumer safety program that ice cubes from a KFC restaurant in the citys southern Chongwenmen district allegedly were found to have levels of bacteria 12 times higher than the toilet water. The company reportedly apologized to customers in a statement on its Sina Weibo account. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) MARK RALSTON—AFP/Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 27, 2014 4:25 PM UTC A former Chick-fil-A employee was arrested Wednesday after allegedly robbing a South Carolina KFC drive-thru at gunpoint. A Chick-fil-A spokesperson told the [_Rock Hill Herald_ ](http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/06/25/6090160/bond-denied-for-chick-fil-a-employee.html)that 50-year-old Jeffrey Coley was fired June 18 after failing to show up for work two days in a row. [According to an arrest warrant](http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/25/5003288/bond-denied-for-chick-fil-a-employee.html#.U62YChYaDWE), Coley ran off with $516.02 from his former employer’s competitor. Talk about fowl play. Coley has been charged with armed robbery, possession of a firearm during a violent crime, possession of methamphetamine, and failing to stop for a police car. A judge denied his bond, and Coley has officially been banned from entering a KFC. \[[_Rock Hill Herald_](http://gawker.com/an-ex-chick-fil-a-employee-robbed-a-kfc-1596674143)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/"},"headline":"Chick-fil-A Employee Accused of Robbing KFC After He Was Fired","datePublished":"2014-06-27T16:25:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:12.872Z","description":"Fowl play","url":"https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","theft","Chick-fil-A","KFC","robbery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6599adc5025b2f8f/698699a5361760a96090cd55/174333679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6599adc5025b2f8f/698699a5361760a96090cd55/174333679.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CHINA-FOOD-SAFETY","caption":"CHINA-FOOD-SAFETY","creditText":"MARK RALSTON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2933529/chick-fil-a-employee-accused-of-robbing-kfc-after-he-was-fired/","name":"Chick-fil-A Employee Accused of Robbing KFC After He Was Fired"}}]}] ```