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Restaurant Robbery



clark.donley@columbusradiogroup.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A man used a rifle to hold up a South Side restaurant early Monday morning.

The man, described as white, about 5'11", wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, blue toboggan can and camouflage shorts, held up the Waffle House, 3960 S. High Street, shortly after 5:20 AM and fled through the back door.

The description is similar to that of a man suspected in a string of robberies.

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