Wichita man arrested after going ‘ballistic’ over Chick-fil-A sauce at Dillons

A 37-year-old Wichita man was arrested after an incident at a Dillons in south Wichita where he lashed out at an employee and threw punches over Chick-fil-A sauce, police said.

James Adam Hirsh was booked into Sedgwick County Jail at 11:18 p.m. Thursday on suspicion of three counts of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated criminal threat. He was arrested at his home in connection to an incident Wednesday night at the Dillons near 31st and Seneca.

“This was all over Dillons having Chick-Fil-A sauce & store refusing to remove it from the shelves,” a person said in a Facebook post on the Wichita Bad Drivers page. “No, I’m not joking either. I was there and this dude went ballistic in the store & obviously as you can see outside.”

The post showed a video of a black car inches away from the door. The driver appears to be honking the horn. Police said the man drove his vehicle toward the entrance doors after he left.

In a news release, Wichita police spokesman Charley Davidson said the arrest was over “Chick-Fil-A sauce being on sale.” He didn’t know whether the sauce’s price was lowered or it just being on the shelves caused the disturbance with an employee.

“Hirsh was asked to calm down or leave the store when he began throwing punches,” Davidson said. “Private security detained Hirsh until he calmed down. Hirsh then threatened staff, exited the store, and got into his car. He drove his vehicle toward the entrance doors of the business, where staff were standing before leaving.”

No one was hurt.

In the comments on the Facebook page, one person said that “someone needs a Snickers.”

Last month, the fast-food chain said it was limiting how many sauces customers could get due to industry-wide shortages caused by the pandemic.

This story was originally published June 4, 2021 at 11:31 AM.