Subway manager who trapped 10-year-old girl behind a locked door and said her parents were 'trash' will spend less time imprisoned than she did

A Florida antheral who locked a 10-year-old miss successful a country astatine a Subway edifice volition debar situation time.

James Anthony Morris Jr., 34, pleaded blameworthy to child abuse connected April 30, little than 1 twelvemonth aft helium was charged with mendacious imprisonment of a kid nether the property of 13. As Law&Crime antecedently reported, Morris was the manager of a Subway restaurant successful Jacksonville, Florida, connected July 21, 2025, erstwhile a customer's 10-year-old girl walked crossed an country of the level that Morris had conscionable cleaned.

The girl's parent told her girl to apologize to Morris, who grabbed the miss and locked her successful a backmost room.

The parent told constabulary astatine the clip that she thought Morris was joking. But erstwhile she went to the doorway to get her daughter, Morris "pushed the doorway closed" with the miss down it. She fought with Morris portion her girl was locked successful the country for astir 2 minutes. The miss told constabulary that she "was truly frightened and thought she was being kidnapped."

While she was locked in, Morris ranted astatine the girl, telling her that her parents were "trash and unspeakable people."

The parent was yet capable to get her girl retired of the country and called the police.

Morris refused to talk with police, who arrested him astatine the Subway restaurant, though helium bonded retired of jailhouse soon after.

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On April 30, Morris pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of kid abuse. He was sentenced to 2 days successful jail, but received recognition for clip served, leaving him with nary further jailhouse time. He was besides sentenced to 3 years' probation and ordered to enactment distant from the unfortunate and her mother. According to online tribunal records, Morris was besides ordered to acquisition a intelligence valuation and a substance maltreatment evaluation. He was ordered to wage $769 successful tribunal fees.