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DeKalb cops need help IDing masked Waffle House armed robber

DeKalb police released video of a man holding up a Waffle House. He is wanted and unidentified.
DeKalb police released video of a man holding up a Waffle House. He is wanted and unidentified.
By Joshua Sharpe
March 15, 2017

DeKalb County investigators are asking for the public’s help solving an armed robbery at a Waffle House.

The crime took place at the 4750 Flat Shoals Parkway location outside Decatur on Jan. 19 just before 5 a.m., police said in a video released on YouTube.

The tape shows the masked crook storm in with what appears to be a firearm in hand and lead a worker to the cash register.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Commercial Robbery Unit at 770-724-7890.

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