By Ed Fletcher
efletcher@sacbee.com
The Roseville police have arrested a 17-year-old Nevada County boy in last week's hot spinach assault of a Boston Market fast food clerk.
The boy, accompanied by his parents, turned himself in at the Police Department about 10 a.m. Wednesday, said Dee Dee Gunther, a spokeswoman for the department.
He was booked into the Roseville jail under suspicion of committing battery causing great bodily harm and then released to his parents' custody.
Police are still working to determine whether the three other youths in the car during the incident should be arrested, Gunther said.
"Right now it will be handled in juvenile court unless the DA decides to do something different," Gunther said.
About 9 p.m. Friday, the four teens in a Honda Civic placed an order for a small serving of creamed spinach at the Boston Market on Foothill Boulevard, then promptly threw it on the drive-thru server's face.
Authorities said the assault appeared to be a reenactment of a popular prank in which customers yell "Fire in the Hole" as they throw cold drinks at the drive-thru worker.
The Roseville incident appears to have produced the most significant injuries stemming from the stunt.
The victim, David Almas, an American River College student, was hit with the creamed spinach - just cooked to 180 degrees. He was treated for serious face and neck burns.
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Boston Market employee David Almas, 21, suffered 2nd degree burns on his face and neck when he was the victim of a popular prank called "Fire in the Hole" at the Roseville eatery. Perpetrators threw a scalding hot cup of cream spinach they ordered back through the drive-through window injuring Almas. ANDY ALFARO - Sacramento Bee
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