Esteban Parra

The News Journal

A 51-year-old man has been charged in connection with the Christmas Eve robbery of a Camden Waffle House, state police said.

Alfred L. Robinson, of Camden, was developed as a suspect after similarities between the Waffle House robbery and a robbery that was committed at the Briar Park Shore Stop in Camden on Dec. 8, said Master Cpl. Gary E. Fournier, a state police spokesman.

Troopers were called to the Waffle House, located at 4003 S. Du Pont Highway, about 5 a.m. for a report of an armed man in the store, Fournier said. The man approached two 20-year-old employees, pointing the gun at both of them and demanding cash from the register, Fournier said.

When one of the women complied and gave him an undisclosed amount of money, the man fled,running east toward Star Hill.

Neither employee was injured during the robbery.

Robinson was developed as a suspect through a joint investigation with Camden police, Fournier said.

Robinson was arrested Thursday and charged first-degree robbery, two counts of aggravated menacing and wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony. Camden police also charged Robinson with first-degree robbery aggravated menacing and wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony. He was committed to Vaughn Correctional Center after failing to post $125,000 cash bail.

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