--- description: First American Fried Chicken's Yelp reviews went outstandingly negative after Ahmad Rahami was named a suspect in this weekend's bombings title: New York and New Jersey Bombing Suspect's Family Restaurant Spammed on Yelp image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ca815a04cf5ca98/6988a6b5cd1bbae9a0702612/ahmad-khan-rahami-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New York and New Jersey Bombing Suspect's Family Restaurant Spammed on Yelp by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2016 11:54 PM CUT  FBI agents walk around the roof outside an apartment during an investigation at a building in Elizabeth, N.J., on Sept. 19, 2016. FBI agents walk around the roof outside an apartment during an investigation at a building in Elizabeth, N.J., on Sept. 19, 2016.Mel Evans—AP by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 19, 2016 11:54 PM CUT Shortly after [authorities identified a suspect](http://time.com/4499466/new-york-new-jersey-elizabeth-chelsea-bombing-ahmad-khan-rahami/?xid=homepage "undefined") in this weekend’s bombing attacks in New York City and New Jersey, his family’s restaurant [was bombarded](https://www.yelp.com/biz/first-american-fried-chicken-elizabeth?start=140 "undefined") with negative reviews online. Yelp users plastered the page of First American Fried Chicken, the Elizabeth, N.J. takeout spot identified by the New York _Times_ as being owned by relatives of [bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami](http://time.com/4499144/new-york-bombing-suspect-ahmad-khan-rahami/?xid=homepage "undefined"), leaving dozens of negative reviews. Rahami is a suspect in the Saturday evening [bombing](http://time.com/4499626/new-york-new-jersey-bombing-sites/?xid=homepage "undefined") that injured 29 people in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The review site took action Monday, listing the restaurant’s page with an “active cleanup alert.” “While we don’t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to these news events, we do work to remove both positive and negative posts that appear to be motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience with the business,” Yelp said in an alert that [pops up](https://www.yelp.com/biz/first-american-fried-chicken-elizabeth?start=140 "undefined") when visiting the restaurant’s review page. Rahami, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen born in Afghanistan, was charged Monday with attempted murder after a shootout with police in Linden, N.J. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4500673/ahmad-rahami-first-american-fried-chicken-yelp-reviews/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4500673/ahmad-rahami-first-american-fried-chicken-yelp-reviews/"},"headline":"New York and New Jersey Bombing Suspect's Family Restaurant Spammed on Yelp","datePublished":"2016-09-19T23:54:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:42:04.117Z","description":"First American Fried Chicken's Yelp reviews went overwhelmingly negative","url":"https://time.com/4500673/ahmad-rahami-first-american-fried-chicken-yelp-reviews/","keywords":["New Jersey","Crime","New York","Yelp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ca815a04cf5ca98/6988a6b5cd1bbae9a0702612/ahmad-khan-rahami-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1ca815a04cf5ca98/6988a6b5cd1bbae9a0702612/ahmad-khan-rahami-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Suspicious Package New Jersey","caption":"FBI agents walk around the roof outside an apartment during an investigation at a building Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J. 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