The 55-year-old CEO then turned himself in to the police on August 13.
The CEO of a US private equity firm has been arrested for allegedly choking a 15-year-old boy who splashed a woman with water at an In-N-Out restaurant. According to The independent, the incident took place on August 4. Lucas Kalisher, the 55-year-old CEO of Summit Source Funding LLC, was taken into custody by the Loveland Police Department (LPD) after he attacked the teen and threw him to the floor of the restaurant. . The boy had accidentally spilled water on the man’s wife while he was messing around with his friends, police said.
“The young man approached her table to apologize when an adult man accompanying the woman suddenly grabbed him, put both hands around the front and back of his neck, pulled him towards the table and threw him backwards onto the floor,” Loveland police said. in an arrest report, per The independent.
Witnesses at the In-N-Out Burger watched the incident in shock. In a video posted to Facebook, a witness can be heard objecting, noting that the older and larger man was “bullying a kid.”
According to police, the man and his wife left the restaurant before police arrived on scene. However, witnesses identified the man, after which police issued an arrest warrant. The 55-year-old CEO then turned himself in to the police on August 13.
Mr. Kalisher has now been charged with felony second-degree strangulation and child abuse, the newspaper reported. He was arraigned on Wednesday.
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Notably, Mr. Kalisher has deleted his Facebook profile and his LinkedIn page since the incident. In a statement, the LPD expressed its gratitude to the public following the incident as eyewitnesses provided critical details leading to the identification of the CEO.
“The Loveland Police Department is extremely grateful for the assistance we received from the community during this investigation. This is a perfect illustration of our new vision: ONE community, ONE police department, ONE team,” Chief Tim Doran said, according to the LPD. edition.
