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2710 Airport Road, Dalton, GA
The Dalton Police Department is looking for a suspect who yelled at a family in a restaurant parking lot, punched one of its members, then stole a purse before driving away, police said.
On Sept. 27 shortly after 5 p.m., one of the victims arrived at the Zaxby’s on Airport Road to pick up a woman who works at the restaurant, Dalton Police spokesman Bruce Frazier said in a news release.
As the employee got into the van, the suspect pulled up next to the car and began yelling. The victims speak Spanish and could not understand what the suspect was yelling, Frazier said.
The suspect then exited her car, hitting the passenger side of the van with her door, Frazier said. She tried to reach into the van and take the keys out of the ignition, but one of the victims stopped her, Frazier said.
That victim got out of the van to confront the suspect, and the suspect punched him in the face, Frazier said.