Investigators: Waffle House Robberies Connected

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office says the Waffle House at 6780 Pottery Road was robbed Monday morning at 2:48am.

Deputies say two men - armed with a handgun and a rifle - stormed into the restaurant and forced the people inside down to the floor. The incident report says the robbers took money from a man’s wallet and the apron of a woman who was working at the business.

One of the suspects took money from the register while the other man tried to enter a room - where the video system is stored - using bolt cutters. The robbers couldn’t get inside that room and left in a gold Toyota.

Those witnesses could only give a limited description of the robbers. One was wearing a white mask with black sunglasses.

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There are similarities between the Monday robbery and a robbery at a Waffle House in Greer on June 24.

On June 24, two men entered a Waffle House at 1509 South Highway 101 around 3:00am. The suspects entered the restaurant wearing masks and were armed with a shotgun and a pistol.

The robbers had a pair of sheers they used to try and get inside the store’s safe without success. The suspects fired one shot from the shotgun into the floor of the restaurant.

Greer Police released the pictures below of the robbery on June 24.

Photos courtesy Greer Police