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Site SearchRaleigh, N.C. — Not even a vehicle crashing into the restaurant could stop Waffle House patrons from eating there early Thursday.
Raleigh police arrested Larry McDade after he crashed a vehicle into the restaurant at 2624 Westinghouse Blvd.
No one was injured. Damage to the restaurant was believed to be between $1,000 and $2,000.
Waffle House employees continued serving customers while crews made repairs and cleaned up the mess.
Authorities said McDade was impaired when he crashed around 4 a.m. Police charged him with driving while impaired and possession of cocaine.
Raleigh police said McDade had recently been released from prison on drug charges. Department of Correction records indicate he was released in August after serving two sentences related to 2003 drug convictions for trafficking and possession.
He has a lengthy criminal record in Wake County, including multiple convictions for selling drugs, dating to 1996.
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December 18, 2008 3:42 p.m.
I like how those folks think.
December 18, 2008 3:04 p.m.
1. Park Car ... properly, OUTSIDE, and within a designated space, 2. Enter restaurant ... by walking in, 3. Sit down ... at a table or the bar and place order, 4. Eat / drink ... from our selection of non-alcoholic beverages, 5. Pay ... using cash or valid credit card in your own legal name, 6. Leave restaurant ... again, by walking out, 7. Drive away ... safely and upon only the paved parking lot.
December 18, 2008 2:53 p.m.
December 18, 2008 2:47 p.m.
Doing a few thousand dollars of damage to a Waffle House means the car scattered, smothered, and chunked a few windows and a booth or two, but stopped before the counter and kitchen equipment.
December 18, 2008 2:02 p.m.