Crime & Safety
Two Waffle Houses Robbed By Same Suspects?
An officer responding to the first restaurant robbery listened to the second take place on the other side of the community – and suspect descriptions in both crimes matched, police said.
Two Waffle House restaurants in the North Druid Hills-Briarcliff area were robbed Oct. 19, possibly by the same suspects, DeKalb County police said.
A woman working behind the counter at the at 2886 Clairmont Rd. heard the front door open at about 8:20pm, looked up and saw two of three suspects enter, according to the police report. The first suspect pointed a black semiautomatic pistol at the woman and said, "Open the register or I’m going to blow your [expletive] white head off!"
The woman attempted to open the register but said she was nervous and struggled.
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"Open the register or I’m going to [expletive] kill you!" the suspect said.
The woman opened the register, and the second suspect reached over and took the money. The suspects left the restaurant, got into a small blue or green four-door vehicle–possibly a Honda–with the Georgia license plate BSM-751 and a front left tire without a hubcap. They headed south.
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While on the scene, a police officer heard another armed robbery in progress at the at 766 DeKalb Industrial Way by suspects who matched the descriptions given at the first robbery. At this location, the two suspects entered, went towards the bathrooms and returned to the front counter soon after. A man washing dishes was approached at gunpoint and told to “gimme the money” by an armed suspect. The man complied, and the suspect took the money out of the register. After that, he asked where the real money was, and the man answered that that was all he had.
The suspects took about $250, and the incident was captured on a surveillance camera. No injuries were reported at either location.
The suspects were described as:
- Black male, 5 feet 10 inches, early 20s, medium build, wearing a green bandana over his nose and mouth, a dark T-shirt and dark jeans. Has a scar under his right eye. Armed with a black semiautomatic hand gun.
- Black male, 5 feet 10 inches, early 20s, medium build, wearing a dark New York Yankees baseball cap, dark jacket with fur trim around the hood and dark jeans.
- Black male, driver of the vehicle, no further description.