[2][3] At the age of 23, Degel and a friend, Austin Offen, reportedly harassed employees at a White Castle on Northern Blvd.
An off-duty police officer, Edwin Buskirk, and a security guard attempted to intervene.
Degel held back the security guard while Offen battered Buskirk.
His witness testimony against his co-conspirators helped the government prosecution leading to their incarceration, including Gambino crime family mobster Louis Ferrante.
For the series, he goes behind the scenes of different restaurants across the country with hidden cameras to examine their service problems.