--- description: Props were used in this truly elevated instance of local journalism title: On-air reporter gives inspired newscast of how a man robbed a waffle house with a pitchfork image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # On-Air Reporter Gives Inspired Newscast of How a Man Robbed a Waffle House with a Pitchfork by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 1:11 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 5, 2014 1:11 PM CUT [Atlanta newscaster Tony Thomas](http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/05/this-local-newsman-is-very-excited-to-report-about-a-man-who-robbed-a-waffle-house-with-a-pitchfork/ "undefined") gave an inspired, prop-filled, on-air report last week about how a man robbed a waffle house with none other than a pitchfork. “It wouldn’t be an offensive weapon in your garden, but it was in a Waffle House,” Norcross police Chief Warren Summers told WSB-TV Channel 2\. Watch Thomas take the “action” very literally as he reports the news in the way we imagine Ron Burgundy would. (h/t: [_Uproxx_](http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/05/this-local-newsman-is-very-excited-to-report-about-a-man-who-robbed-a-waffle-house-with-a-pitchfork/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/87630/on-air-reporter-hilarious-waffle-house-pitchfork-robbery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/87630/on-air-reporter-hilarious-waffle-house-pitchfork-robbery/"},"headline":"On-Air Reporter Gives Inspired Newscast of How a Man Robbed a Waffle House with a Pitchfork","datePublished":"2014-05-05T13:11:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:24.010Z","description":"Before you ask: Yes, props were used.","url":"https://time.com/87630/on-air-reporter-hilarious-waffle-house-pitchfork-robbery/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Bizarre","georgia"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/87630/on-air-reporter-hilarious-waffle-house-pitchfork-robbery/","name":"On-Air Reporter Gives Inspired Newscast of How a Man Robbed a Waffle House with a Pitchfork"}}]}] ```