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Gun Pulled in Dine-and-Dash Dispute in Colorado
2 Feb
Summary
- Restaurant employees arrested after confronting patrons who left without paying.
- One employee allegedly brandished a handgun at the dine-and-dashers.
- Both employees and the alleged dine-and-dashers received citations.
Two restaurant employees were arrested on Sunday following an incident involving patrons who allegedly left a Fraser restaurant without paying a $100 bill. The patrons, a man and a woman, were followed by the employees after leaving the establishment.
The alleged dine-and-dashers boarded a bus and disembarked in Winter Park, where the confrontation occurred. During the encounter, one employee, Ezequiel Villa Penaloza, 50, reportedly displayed a handgun. The second employee, Juan Narvaez Castro, 23, allegedly placed the man in a chokehold.
Fraser Winter Park Police responded to the disturbance and safely confiscated the handgun. Villa Penaloza faces charges including felony menacing and second-degree assault, while Narvaez Castro is charged with second-degree assault. The patrons were cited for petty theft and violating a protection order.
