Witnesses lead police to restaurant robber in blackface

Sunday, August 16, 2015

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Within minutes of an armed robbery occurring at Hayden's BBQ on Thursday, a suspect in blackface was in custody after officers followed a "trail of witnesses directly to his front door."

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