Knife-wielding man threatens rape, murder at Denny’s in Margate, police say

MARGATE, Fla. — A South Florida homeless man is facing charges after allegedly threatening customers and a manager at a Denny’s restaurant.

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It happened on Thursday at the Denny’s located at 650 N. State Road 7 in Margate.

According to the Margate Police Department, officers responded to the restaurant after receiving reports of a man making threats with a knife.

Upon arrival, officers detained the suspect, who was later identified as Robert Henion.

Witnesses told investigators that Henion entered the restaurant and began pacing back and forth near a table of people who were eating, and when someone asked him to sit down, he “brandished a knife, raised it, pointed it at them” and then threatened to kill them, according to an arrest report.

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When a manager of the restaurant was alerted to the situation, she told Henion to leave while calling 911, but police said he then put the knife down and told her to get off the phone because he was going to rape her, the report stated.

Henion is facing two charges of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony.

As of Monday afternoon, he remained behind bars at the Broward Main Jail on a $10,000 bond.

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