Waffle House Customer In Clown Costume Arrested After Allegedly Smoking Meth
A man dressed as a clown, who was allegedly smoking methamphetamine in a Waffle House restaurant, faces multiple drug charges.
The Waffle House clown incident occurred on Tuesday in the early morning hours in Athens, Georgia.
Responding cops who had been called by a Waffle House worker found a bowl of meth at the counter which was left behind by the customer in the clown suit who had locked himself in the restaurant bathroom.
“It was the wee hours of Tuesday—far too late for any kid’s birthday party—and the circus wasn’t in town. So when a man wearing a clown suit walked into a Waffle House in downtown Athens, Georgia, it wasn’t as if he was the evening’s hired entertainment. No, [the suspect], in full funnyman regalia, landed on a stool at the front of the counter and started allegedly puffing a bowl full of meth, turning the greasy spoon into his personal drug den,” The Daily Beast explained.
A Waffle House employee unlocked the restroom door, and officers escorted the suspect, 25, back to where he had been sitting.
According to the police report, “he admitted ownership of the smoking bowl with marijuana residue inside it.” He also told cops that he was carrying a knife in his pants pocket.
Police arrested this man who was dressed in a clown suit and smoking meth at the counter of an Athens Waffle House. pic.twitter.com/vDav2tTpOZ
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Cops also allegedly found LSD wrapped in foil in his pocket. A search of his book bag, the police report indicates, revealed a digital scale, a jar of marijuana, a jar of mushrooms, a small keepsake with pot in it, and a small bag of white powder.
“It’s unclear from the report, however, if what Worthington was allegedly smoking was actually methamphetamine,” the Athens Patch noted.
It has yet to be determined why he was outfitted in the clown garb.
“It was slow that night. He was fully dressed as a clown. I couldn’t believe it. But you see some weird stuff in downtown Athens,” said a Waffle House worker, according to The Daily Beast.
Former psy-ops soldier wearing clown suit arrested for smoking meth at Waffle House counter https://t.co/Mj4ZGNPX8J pic.twitter.com/3kggWsLNYQ
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Multiple media accounts identify the suspect as U.S. Army veteran and Gainesville, Georgia, resident Jacob Worthington, who served in Afghanistan. The Athens Banner-Herald reports that Worthington was a member of the U.S. Army’s 310 Psychological Operations Company. He reportedly left military service in January of 2014.
Worthington faces three felony narcotics charges, and one misdemeanor count, according to The Smoking Gun. He was booked in the Clarke County Jail subject to bonds totaling $10,000 and was subsequently released by the Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office.
Waffle House and meth were connected in another incident.
In an encounter at a Waffle House eatery elsewhere in the state of Georgia, a waitress stands accused of spiking her co-worker’s drink with meth.
The incident allegedly occurred back in late December, but the suspect was recently arrested after a six-week law enforcement investigation.
Based on surveillance video, cops apparently believe that the suspect allegedly took the victim’s drink into the bathroom (and returned it) without his knowledge, dumping drugs into the liquid in the process.
Founded in 1955 in the Atlanta area, and still headquartered there, the Waffle House always-open breakfast chain and purported cultural icon has more than 2,000 locations in 25 states, with a primary focus on the south.
The Waffle House, including its often earthy or raucous, but usually friendly, atmosphere, is a guilty pleasure for fans from all walks of life.
[Photo by Ric Feld/AP]
