Texas family dines at North Carolina Waffle House, then robs it: police

A household of six reportedly ate at a Waffle Home after which robbed it.
AFP through Getty Photographs

A Texas household who sat down for a meal at a Waffle Home in North Carolina Monday earlier than robbing it has been arrested, police mentioned. 

The Hillsborough police introduced the arrest of the suspects on Wednesday, saying they obtained help from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Workplace and the US Marshals Service. 

Police recognized the suspects as Tamiko Lashun Jones and Tony Eugene Lemon, each of Marshall, Texas, and Diamond Walton, of Longview, Texas. They're every charged with theft with a harmful weapon, conspiracy to commit armed theft, and defrauding an innkeeper. 

Police mentioned the suspects, who've related excellent prices from an incident in Minden, Louisiana, a number of days earlier than Monday’s theft, may very well be hit with further prices. 

Police mentioned the suspects had been a part of a household of six who entered the Waffle Home in Shelby, North Carolina, for a meal earlier than committing the theft. 

After a short meal, police mentioned, Lemon drew a handgun and demanded cash from the restaurant workers earlier than fleeing to a close-by gasoline station. 

Tamiko Lashun Jones and Tony Eugene Lemon had been arrested for his or her alleged function in an armed theft of a North Carolina Waffle Home.

Hillsborough Police Division

Diamond Walton was charged with theft with a harmful weapon, conspiracy to commit armed theft and defrauding an inn keeper.

Hillsborough Police Division

The suspects left in separate automobiles — one a burgundy Ford F-150 truck with Texas plates, and the opposite a more recent mannequin silver Ford Fusion sedan, additionally with Texas plates.