Three [Wendy's](https://www.complex.com/tag/wendys) employees in South Carolina have been arrested after police accused them of serving a customer food pulled from the trash and spitting in it—an explosive allegation that comes as another fast-food chain, Arby's, remains embroiled in a separate food tampering case tied to a customer's herpes diagnosis.
According to [KNOE](https://www.knoe.com/2026/06/23/2-wendys-employees-accused-serving-food-trash-police-say/), authorities in Union, South Carolina, charged 23-year-old Aaliyah Shuntai Sanders, 19-year-old Trinity Lashell Rice, and 33-year-old Shadela Crystal Holley with tampering with a human drug product or food item following a May 31 incident at a local Wendy's. Police say the customer returned to the restaurant after finding an issue with her drive-thru order and asked for both a refund and a receipt, saying she had never received one with her original purchase.
