Waffle House customers ordered to ground, robbed

Customers and employees were robbed at gunpoint at a Waffle House in Athens, police said.

Customers and employees were robbed at gunpoint at a Waffle House in Athens, police said.

Waffle House employees and customers were ordered to the ground and robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Shortly after 2 a.m., officers responded to the restaurant in the 1300 block of Oconee Street, spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez said in a news release.

They learned two men, one of whom had a gun, ordered two employees and three customers in the restaurant to the ground before taking cellphones, purses and money from the cash register, according to police.

Surveillance photos show the men who police say robbed a Waffle House in Athens early Tuesday. (Credit: Athens-Clarke County Police Department)

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The armed man was wearing a black ski mask, black shirt, camouflage shorts and white shoes at the time of the armed robbery, Rodriguez said. The other man was wearing a black ski mask, black T-shirt, black pants and black tennis shoes.

Surveillance photos show the car that police say was used by two men who robbed a Waffle House in Athens early Tuesday. (Credit: Athens-Clarke County Police Department)

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The investigation is ongoing.

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