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A man accused of robbing a south Tulsa Waffle House restaurant after eating breakfast there was arrested Thursday after his parents recognized him on TV news.

Andrew Nicholas Deweese, 36, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on a complaint of first-degree robbery by force or fear, jail records indicate.

A man alleged to be Deweese went into the Waffle House at 7022 S. Mingo Road and ordered a meal just after 3 a.m. Thursday. He ate his breakfast and then approached the cash register, according to an arrest report.

Deweese is accused of passing a note to the cashier demanding all the money in the register. The note indicated that if the cashier brought attention to the robbery, “it would be bad,” the report states.

The note also stated that as long as the cashier cooperated, “no one gets hurt,” according to the report.

After taking the money, the robber left. Police reviewed surveillance video from the restaurant that showed the robber getting into a vehicle with no license plate and then driving away.

A portion of the Waffle House video was released to local media, and Deweese’s parents recognized their son while they were watching the news, according to the report.