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DeKalb cops say they got the Little Caesars sexual battery suspect

DeKalb police say Jerome Paige is the man who had been wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a Little Caesars employee during a robbery.
DeKalb police say Jerome Paige is the man who had been wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a Little Caesars employee during a robbery.
By Joshua Sharpe
March 23, 2017

DeKalb County police say they've found a man accused of sexual battery against a Little Caesars employee while he was robbing the restaurant.

The department announced Jerome Paige’s arrest on Twitter on Thursday morning. The 47-year-old Decatur-area man was in jail on $1,500 bond.

A day earlier police released security camera footage of the crimes, along with a sketch of the suspect. Police said the man robbed the restaurant at 1944 Candler Road outside Decatur on March 11.

It happened at about 12:30 a.m.

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