A Comerica Park food service employee was fired and subsequently arrested after a truly revolting video surfaced over the weekend of the individual spitting on a pizza. The incident allegedly took place on Friday, September 21 during the Detroit Tigers game against the Kansas City Royals and was posted by another employee on Saturday, September 22, according to WXYZ. It quickly went viral, receiving hundreds of thousands of views and comments. In the video originally shared by Quinelle May, the employee can be seen in the prep area of what appears to be a stand serving Little Caesars pizzas. The individual hocks a loogie onto an unbaked, square pan pizza and then scoops sauce over the top. Accompanying the post, May stated that he was sent home early on Saturday from the park for not wearing the appropriate appropriate uniform and staying in the bathroom too long. “But since they made me go home early I couldn’t wait until after the game to tell them an employee was spitting in customer pizzas!! !,” he wrote. “The customers don’t deserve this!! This is disgusting!” Detroit Sportservice, which runs the food operations at Comerica Park, confirmed in a statement to the Detroit Free Press that the stand in question was shut down and its food thrown out as soon as the company became aware of the video. The company fired the unnamed employee and also reported the incident to the Detroit Police Department. The individual was arrested on Sunday for violations related to health, safety, and food tampering. Detroit Sportservice also intends to take legal action against the former employee. May says he had witnessed the other employee spitting on food before, but was ignored when he brought up the issue with management. May also claims he’s been fired for posting the video and threatened with legal action in an attempt to get the video removed. According to May’s Instagram account, he’s now obtained the services of a lawyer. Detroit Sportservice, disputes that account and says May was only suspended and has not been contacted in any official way to remove the video. Update (September 27, 2018, 9:56 a.m.): A former Comerica Park employee by the name of Jaylon Kerley was charged with a misdemeanor and a felony on Tuesday for allegedly spitting on a pizza he was preparing, according to the Detroit Free Press. If convicted, he could face a four-year felony and a 90-day misdemeanor for tampering with food. Kerley pled not guilty. His bond was set at $100,000 and he is being required by the court to undergo testing for possible infectious diseases including hepatitis A. Southeast Michigan is currently in the midst of a major hepatitis A outbreak and the virus can be transmitted through contaminated food. • Comerica Park Food Services Employee Seen Spitting on Pizza in Police Custody [WXYZ] • Comerica Park Employee Fired, Arrested After He Was Filmed Spitting in Food [Freep]<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>
A Comerica Park employee has been fired and arrested after he was filmed spitting in pizzas on Friday. The 20-year-old employee, who has not been named, told coworker Quinell May that he was going to spit in the food. May, 17, told the Free Press that he filmed the act so he would be able to show it to management. He said when he left his position to contact management, however, he was fired for not working. May said the incident happened during Friday's game against the Kansas City Royals and that it was the first time he'd seen such a thing at Comerica. In a statement, Detroit Sportservice, which caters at Comerica Park, said the food station was closed as soon as they learned about the food tampering. Also on freep.com: Mitch Albom: Detroit Lions' domination of Patriots anomaly or new trend? Car technology about to see this 'revolutionary' change "As soon as we became aware through social media of potential food tampering, we immediately closed that food stand, disposed of all the product and contacted the Detroit Police Department. We have been told by police that the worker has been arrested and is in custody, pending charges," Detroit Sportservice wrote. Detroit Sportservice said the employee who filmed and posted the video was sent home from the game Friday evening on an unrelated uniform violation before the company became aware of it through social media. "Our only subsequent communication with that employee was to let him know that he would not be working Saturday or Sunday. No one acting in an official work capacity asked him to remove the video," the company said in a statement. In a later statement, the company clarified that "Quinell has not been fired and we have communicated that clearly to his attorney. When he was told to go home, he said absolutely nothing about food tampering or having any evidence of it on video." For his part, May insists that he was trying to tell his supervisors about the food tampering but that they were only focused on his leaving the work station. The Detroit Police Department confirmed that the man in the video was arrested on Sunday for health and safety violations and tampering with food. Charges against the man are under review and a decision is expected Tuesday, said Maria Miller, a spokeswoman for the Wayne County prosecutor's office. Sportservice also said that the employee in question was terminated. "Food safety is our top priority and we will take any appropriate action necessary to protect our guests. The worker involved in this matter has been terminated. We intend to pursue all legal action to the fullest extent of the law." Associated Press contributed to this story.