Posted on 05/14/2014 12:10:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Jeffery Willard Wooten, 49, was arrested for murder Friday hours after he broke into a Tennessee man's home and shot him to death, police said. Wooten was wanted for robbing a Georgia Waffle House with a pitchfork earlier in May.
Jeffery Willard Wooten, 49, was wanted for robbing a Georgia Waffle House with a pitchfork. He's been charged with murder in Tennessee. Knox County Sheriff's Office Jeffery Willard Wooten, 49, was wanted for robbing a Georgia Waffle House with a pitchfork. He's been charged with murder in Tennessee.
A man suspected of robbing a Georgia Waffle House while wielding a pitchfork earlier in May was busted for murder in Tennessee on Friday, authorities said.
Jeffery Willard Wooten, 49, broke into 44-year-old Randy Lands' home in East Knox County on Friday afternoon, shot Lands to death and then stole his sister's SUV, authorities told local WMAZ-TV.
Cops said Lands' sister, who was visiting from Michigan, and his mother arrived at the Knoxville-area house to find Wooten there.
The career goon threatened them at gunpoint before fleeing in the younger woman's car, the station reported.
Police in neighboring Loudon County tracked him down in the stolen SUV on Interstate 40 about three hours later.
He led authorities on a high-speed chase, which ended when he crashed into the yard of a home on Lovell Road in West Knox County, the station reported.
He was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
Officials said Wooten was the same man who used a pitchfork to rob a Waffle House in Norcross, Ga., on May 1.
During the bizarre heist, Wooten forced people toward a back room and grabbed the greasy spoon's cash register.
Jeffrey Wooten may have been injured during a scuffle involving a pitchfork in a Georgia Waffle House parking lot before he got away, police said. He was charged with first-degree murder in Tennessee on Friday. ABC News/WSB Jeffrey Wooten may have been injured during a scuffle involving a pitchfork in a Georgia Waffle House parking lot before he got away, police said. He was charged with first-degree murder in Tennessee on Friday.
On his way back to his truck, Wooten dropped the pitchfork.
Restaurant workers who followed him picked it up and used it to smash a window on his truck as he made his getaway, cops said.
Wooten, whose rap sheet included busts for armed robbery and car theft, was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault, authorities said.
A man suspected of robbing a Georgia Waffle House while wielding a pitchfork earlier in May was busted for murder in Tennessee on Friday, authorities said.
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My daddy always told me to watch out for pitchforking Waffle House robbers. They’re liable to do anything.
“Pitchfork Robber”
Not a headline you see in New York city
Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day.
That happened the time he forgot to bring his own pitchfork. He never made that mistake again.
I understand he was the first Georgian to hold a concealed pitchfork license. This murder charge may undo that.
Waffle House Ping!!!!!
He led authorities on a high-speed chase, which ended when he crashed into the yard of a home on Lovell Road in West Knox County, the station reported. I live in west Knox County about 6 or 7 miles away. Fortunately, I have two big dogs (85 lb. & 110 lb.) who would probably take a definitely hostile interest in this subhuman before I was able to shoot him. His genes definitely need to be flushed from the pool.
Probably accurate but shouldn't Waffle House have grounds for a lawsuit?
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Murder; robbery. This guy is a real prize. I think he’ll learn what its like to be on the other end of a pitchfork where he is going.
That's my Waffle House!
FReepmail me or KoRn to get on or off the Waffle House Ping List.
Omg, Becky! are there no editors? this is horrible journalism! the first four paragraphs have the same information! then that information is repeated in paragraph 10... then the 12th paragraph actually repeats itself within the same paragraph!!!
GA FReeper ping.
A follow up on the Norcross Waffle House robber who was armed with a pitchfork. I still remain mildly surprised none of the patrons drew a weapon and plugged him.
Never been to Waffle House. Is every one a “greasy spoon” like the article says?
Robbing a restaurant with a pitchfork?
I think that’s why Cracker Barrel hangs old farm tools on the wall. It’s like the fire extinguisher, use in case of emergency.
I can imagine a regional chain of weapon-themed fast food locations....
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