51-year-old Tommie Lee Williams was arrested in Gwinnett County, Georgia after making an attempt an armed theft at a Chick-fil-A restaurant round 4:30 am.
Williams, allegedly armed and masked, broke into the Chick-fil-A at Stone Mountain Freeway, in line with the Gwinnett County Police Division. Williams then threatened a supply driver current within the kitchen space utilizing a handgun.
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“When officers arrived, the victim told them that he was a delivery driver for the business and while he was inside working, the suspect smashed through a drive-thru window with a rock and entered the kitchen area,” wrote the Gwinnett County Police Division in a Fb publish.
“The suspect told the victim that he was going to die if he didn’t open the safe and pointed a handgun at him. The victim told police that he didn’t know the combination to the safe, so he decided to fight off the armed robber,” the publish continued.
The surveillance footage exhibits the 2 males combating for a number of minutes over the gun, with the Chick-fil-A driver finally warding off the armed robber.
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Through the tussle, the Chick-fil-A employee efficiently eliminated the armed robber’s masks, which assisted police in corroborating the suspect’s identification. Williams then fled from the premises out a again door, in line with police.
Detectives with the Gwinnett County Police Division had been ultimately in a position to determine a car believed to have been used within the would-be theft which led to the arrest of Tommie Lee Williams.
Williams was arrested for armed theft, aggravated assault, housebreaking within the 2nd diploma, kidnapping, possession of a firearm through the fee of a criminal offense, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and prison harm to property within the 2nd diploma.
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Tommie Lee Williams was arrested by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Division with the help of U.S. Marshals.