Police said the ex-employee used fake mac and cheese orders to send refunds to his personal cards.
GRAPEVINE, Texas — A former Chick-fil-A employee has been arrested after police said he stole more than $80,000 from a Grapevine restaurant by entering hundreds of fake mac and cheese orders and refunding them to his own credit cards.
The case centers on Keyshun Jones, a former employee accused of returning to the restaurant after he was fired and using a register without permission. Grapevine police said the scheme was found after the restaurant owner reported suspicious refunds in November 2025. Jones now faces felony charges as investigators work through store records, surveillance video and payment details tied to the transactions.
Police said Jones had been terminated about a month before the suspected theft was reported. Surveillance video later showed him behind the counter unattended at the restaurant, where investigators said he used the point-of-sale system to ring up about 800 orders of macaroni and cheese trays. The orders were then refunded to personal credit cards, police said. The total came to just over $80,000. The restaurant owner, identified in reports as Jarvis Boyd, contacted police after the refunds were discovered.
The alleged scheme stood out because of the number of transactions and the repeated use of the same menu item. Police said the fake orders involved catering trays of mac and cheese, not single side orders. Investigators have not said whether any food was made, whether any customers were affected or how Jones was able to get behind the counter after leaving the job. Authorities also have not said whether anyone else is being investigated. Police have described Jones as the suspect identified through video and transaction records.
Jones was arrested April 17 after what police described as several failed attempts to locate him. The Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive Task Force and the Fort Worth Police Department helped take him into custody. Grapevine police said he faces charges of property theft, money laundering and evading arrest. Court records reported by news outlets show the case was still pending, and Jones had not been convicted. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could speak for him.
The investigation began in Grapevine, a city in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where the Chick-fil-A is locally operated under the chain’s franchise model. The store’s owner reported the theft after the refunds drew attention. Police said the review of surveillance footage helped identify Jones and connect him to the register activity. The case shows how a routine refund process can become the focus of a criminal investigation when store records, card activity and security video point to repeated transactions that do not match normal sales.
Local police did not release every detail about the timing of the refund activity. Reports said Jones had been fired in October 2025 and that the theft report came the following month. Police said he was recorded at the register after his employment ended. The arrest came nearly five months later, on April 17, 2026. The gap between the report and arrest included the review of evidence and efforts to find him, according to police accounts released after the charges became public.
Chick-fil-A has not given a detailed public account of the case, and the company declined broader comment in at least one report because the investigation was ongoing. The charges are being handled through the criminal justice system, not through the company’s internal process. Prosecutors would have to prove the allegations in court. Police have said the total amount taken was more than $80,000, while some charge descriptions reported by news outlets list felony theft and money laundering brackets based on state law.
The next steps are expected to include court proceedings in Tarrant County and continued review of financial records linked to the refunds. A reported court date was set for June 4. Investigators have not said whether they expect more charges or whether more evidence will be released before that hearing. The case remains active, and the public record so far includes the arrest, the listed charges and the police account of the alleged refund scheme.
As of Sunday, Jones remained accused but not convicted. The case now moves from the police investigation into the court process, where prosecutors, defense counsel and a judge will address the charges and any evidence tied to the restaurant’s records, credit card refunds and surveillance video.
Author note: Last updated May 3, 2026.