There’s a thin line between wanting to get off work early and purposely distracting a manager to let in a group of robbers. A Burger King employee has been accused of assisting two men in robbing a restaurant where he worked.
According to police, the robbery happened at a Burger King in Rome, Georgia. The manager saw an employee, who was identified as Derricus Wade, standing at the side door when Wade told him he was hungry and asked for a burger.
The manager reported that he let Wade inside the store and started cooking as Wade spoke to another employee as they were walking to the back. That’s when Wade let in two men wearing ski masks and gloves.
According to the manager, one of the men pointed a gun at him and the employee and directed them toward the safe. Video footage also shows the man grabbing the manager by the shirt.
Following their demands, the manager opened the door to the safe and the men helped themselves to the $1,500 inside. The suspects also requested the money from the registers, adding $420.63 from the front register and $1,429.77 from the drive-thru register into their bag. In total, the suspects walked away with close to $3,500.
Before leaving, the robbers demanded the security footage from the restaurant. Instead, the manager gave them four electronic boxes that controlled the food displays. Each box was worth $375 and were later recovered by police along with cellphones.
Wade was arrested and charged with armed robbery. The other two suspects have not yet been found but the police are working to recover fingerprints from the boxes and cellphones to identify the suspects.