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Police Name Homeless Man Suspected Of Attacking McDonald's Employee In Roseville

ROSEVILLE (CBS13) – Authorities have released the identity of the homeless man suspected of slashing a Roseville McDonald's employee with a knife.

The incident happened Tuesday morning. The homeless man was allegedly yelling at customers in the drive-thru of the restaurant on Sunrise Boulevard and Cirby Way when the worker tried to get him to leave.

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That's when Roseville police the employee was slashed with a butter knife.

On Wednesday, police identified the suspect as 39-year-old Roseville resident Alan Curtis Phifer.

Phifer is facing charges of assault and also had two no-bail felony warrants out for his arrest. He has been booked into the South Placer Jail.

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