Police officers arrested United States Senator John Fetterman on September 30, 2024.
John Fetterman, 55, is an American politician who has served as Pennsylvania’s junior United States senator since 2023.
Highlights
- John Fetterman punched a barista from Starbucks due to an undisclosed reason.
- Fetterman was arrested in 2010 after refusing to leave the property of the U.S. Steel Tower.
- He was charged with driving 24 mph over the posted limit in 2016.
A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2006 to 2019 and as the 34th Lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023.
He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016, finishing third in the Democratic primary, and ran for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2018, defeating a field of candidates including Mike Stack and Tom Wolf.
During his tenure, he received national attention for his efforts to legalize cannabis statewide and for his opposition to President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud in Pennsylvania.
In 2021, he announced his candidacy in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania. He won the Democratic nomination and defeated Mehmet OZ in the general election with 51% of the vote.
As a senator, he advocates for healthcare as a right, criminal justice reform, abolishing capital punishment, raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, and support for Israel.
John Fetterman Has Been Arrested For Punching Barista
Senator John Fetterman recently visited Starbucks, where he punched the barista. The reason behind the incident has not been disclosed yet.
Moreover, the identity of the Starbucks barista has been kept private by the officials.
A Twitter handle named Breaking 911 posted the news of John’s arrest on September 30, 2024.
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman arrested after punching Starbucks barista.
In the comment section, one of the users wrote,
I can’t wait to see the picture of the barista.
BREAKING: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman arrested after punching Starbucks barista. pic.twitter.com/6pWGLo9CgI
— Breaking 911 (@Breaking911OnX) September 29, 2024
Besides that, he was also arrested in November 2010 after refusing to leave the property of the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh while protesting the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s controversial closure of Braddock Hospital.
Security frequently asked him to leave the property, which houses the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center officer.
John has criticized the healthcare giant since it closed its 100-year-old Braddock Hospital.
He was carrying a sign calling UPMC to consider building an urgent care health facility in Braddock. Fetterman said,
“There’s no reason why a child in Braddock can’t receive the same level quality of urgent care as a child living in Shadyside.” “And from a cost basis, operating an urgent care system as compared to a 600-man hospital is dramatically, dramatically less.”
🚨#BREAKING: Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman arrested after punching a server at Starbucks. pic.twitter.com/h9vhwbLyky
— Thomas Musket ⓒ (@ThomasMusket) September 29, 2024
However, Save Our Community Hospitals members thanked John for pressuring UPMC to provide emergency health care in Braddock but said his actions were too little and too late.
In addition, he was charged with driving 24 mph over the posted limit in 2016 in Warren County. Later, he pleaded guilty to the incident.
Additional Information
- John Fetterman has an estimated net worth of around $800,000 as of 2024.
- Fetterman married Gisele Barreto Fetterman in 2008. The couple has three children and lives in Braddock.
- He was born to his father, Karl Fetterman, and his mother, Susan Fetterman.
