FOX 5 News has learned that musician Kid Rock was arrested in Atlanta overnight in connection with a bloody 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 . 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.
Kid Rock bonded out and left the DeKalb County jail just after 5.pm. Sunday, signing autographs as he made his way to the tour bus.
