MARIETTA, Ga. — A man who refused to leave a fast food restaurant has been charged after police found him with a pair of guns and drugs.
Marietta police responded to the Bojangles on Cobb Pkwy on Monday after restaurant staff called them.
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Police said Joseph Watson stayed in the bathroom for a long period of time before he sat down at a table and refused to leave.
When officers arrived to remove him for loitering, they found Watson with a handgun in his sweatshirt pocket and a second handgun in his bag.
One of the handguns was reported stolen out of Union City and had been modified with a switch. Watson also had 55.1 grams of marijuana in his bag, according to the warrant.
Watson faces felony charges for intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of firearms sawed off and theft. He remains in the Cobb County Jail with no bond as of Friday.
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