FOX 5 News has learned that musician Kid Rock was arrested in Atlanta overnight in connection with a brawl at a Waffle House in DeKalb County. Police tell us the singer, also known as Robert Ritchie, stopped at the restaurant at 5:15 Sunday morning after performing at The Tabernacle. A male customer recorgnized a woman in Kid Rock’s entourage, and police say that customer and the woman had words. That escalated into an argument, then a physical fight in the parking lot of the Waffle House, located on Buford Highway. Police were summoned, and Kid Rock’s tour bus was pulled over a short time later.
He and five members of his entourage were taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of simple battery. The customer, who police identify as Harlen Akins, has been charged with one felony count of second degree criminal damage to property for allegedly smashing a window at the restaurant.?He was taken to Northside Hospital and treated for cuts, bruises and lacerations. No member?of Kid Rock’s entourage was hospitalized. Kid Rock bonded out and left the DeKalb County jail just after 5 p.m. Sunday, signing autographs as he made his way to the tour bus.??Source
