Italian restaurant worker loses it one minute into his shift by punching his colleague and his wife in their faces

Published: 22:56, 12 April 2026 | Updated: 23:08, 12 April 2026 A disgruntled restaurant employee allegedly punched his co-worker and his co-worker's wife in their faces. McKinley Pace Jr, 35, was just one minute into his shift at DeNunzio's restaurant in Jeanette, Pennsylvania on March 27 when the alleged attack began, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WTAE. He started complaining about doing other employees' work, the other man involved in the fight told authorities. 'I've had enough, I'm going to punch him in the face,' Pace Jr allegedly yelled out. The other man involved in the fight said he then responded: 'I'm right here, you don't have to go upstairs.' At that point, police said Pace lunged at the man and began striking him in the face multiple times. The victim's wife also said that after Pace attacked her husband, he approached her and struck her in the face as well. By the time police arrived on the scene, Pace Jr had already left the area.  McKinley Pace Jr, 35, is wanted on assault charges after he allegedly punched a co-worker and the co-worker's wife in the face Pace Jr was just one minute into his shift at DeNunzio's in Jeanette, Pennsylvania on March 27 when the alleged attack began A warrant was then issued for his arrest last Tuesday. He is now wanted on charges of aggravated assault by attempting to cause serious bodily injury or causing injury with extreme indifference, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment by subjecting another person to physical contact. The Jeanette Police Department is asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the agency. The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.