Who are Tamiko Jones and Tony Lemon? Texas family of 6 eats at Waffle House and then ROBS it
HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA: In an armed robbery at a Waffle House on July 11, three individuals have been arrested, who are identified as Tamiko Lashun Jones and Tony Eugene Lemon, both of Marshall, Texas, and Diamond Walton, who is from Longview, Texas. The Hillsborough police announced the arrest of the suspects on Wednesday, July 13, saying they received the assistance from the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshals Service. And now, each of the three suspects have been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit armed robbery and defrauding an innkeeper.
Prior to the arrest, Hillsborough Police Department shared a release stating that, "Officers from the Hillsborough Police Department responded at about 1.55 pm July 11 to Waffle House, 110 Daniel Boone St Witnesses reported that after ordering food, one of the three suspects presented a firearm and demanded an employee give him the cash from the register drawer. Once the employee complied, the three suspects fled in two separate vehicles."
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Sharing more details about the robbery, the release further read, "One vehicle was described as a silver sedan. The other vehicle was described as a burgundy Ford F-150 with Texas plates. Both vehicles were last seen traveling on Interstate 85 north. The suspects were described as one Black male and two Black females." Police also stated that both of the vehicles were last seen traveling northbound on Interstate 85 — which has on-ramps just a block away from Daniel Boone Street before they caught the accused.
Details of robbery
As per the reports by NY Post, police officials said the suspects belonged to a family of six who entered the Waffle House in Shelby, North Carolina for a meal before proceeding with the robbery. After having the meal, police officials said, Lemon took out a handgun and started demanding money from the employees of the restaurant. Then, he fled to the Daniel Boone Shell Service Center next door. After this, the three accused left the scene in two different cars, a burgundy Ford F-150 truck with Texas plates, and a newer model silver Ford Fusion sedan, also with Texas plates, after being given the cash, said the witnesses.
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Police said the two accused, Jones and Lemon, have similar outstanding charges from an incident in Minden, Louisiana, a few days before the Waffle House robbery took place, and that they could be pressed with additional charges post this case. They are scheduled to make their first appearance in an Orange County courtroom on July 26.