Connecticut university student arrested over mac and cheese

October 6, 2015 at 5:41 p.m. | Updated October 6, 2015 at 5:50 p.m.

by Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the University of Connecticut police department shows student Luke Gatti, 19, of Bayville, N.Y., who was arrested Sunday night, Oct. 4, 2015, following an altercation over purchasing macaroni and cheese at a market on the school's Storrs, Conn. campus. An 9-minute, obscenity-laced video clip went viral, showing Gatti arguing with and eventually shoving a manager at a food court inside the school's student union. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut Police Department)
This undated photo provided by the University of Connecticut police department shows student Luke Gatti, 19, of Bayville, N.Y., who was arrested Sunday night, Oct. 4, 2015, following an altercation over purchasing macaroni and cheese at a market on the school's Storrs, Conn. campus. An 9-minute, obscenity-laced video clip went viral, showing Gatti arguing with and eventually shoving a manager at a food court inside the school's student union. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut Police Department)

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - A University of Connecticut student who wasn't allowed to buy macaroni and cheese with bacon and jalapeno peppers at a campus food court has gotten into a confrontation with a manager and faces criminal charges.

An obscenity-laced video shows 19-year-old freshman Luke Gatti arguing with and shoving the manager on Sunday.

Gatti had been trying to buy the mac and cheese at the university's student union in Storrs. Police and the manager say he was refused service because he had an open alcohol container.

The 9-minute video shows Gatti being tackled by another employee, being arrested by police and spitting at the manager before being led away.

Gatti is from Bayville, New York. He's charged with breach of peace and criminal trespass. He's due in court Oct. 13. He hasn't returned a phone call seeking comment.

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