CAMPBELL, Calif. (KGO) — A “serial dine-and-dasher” within the South Bay was arrested after a restaurant caught him within the act.
The restaurant proprietor says that over two months, the person ate and drank massive quantities sushi and alcohol with out paying.
“It is a minimal of 5 or $600 and it could be up in direction of $1,000 after we’re pulling further receipts,” stated Randy Musterer, proprietor of Sushi Confidential.
Musterer stated the suspect had performed this a minimum of 3 times between the Campbell and San Jose areas. Musterer had an image of the person for workers to see within the again space together with receipts of the tabs he left behind.
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“He at all times orders a number of beers, a number of meals gadgets,” Musterer stated.
Issues modified although, when the suspect tried to dine and sprint for a fourth time Sunday on the Campbell location.
Musterer stated he obtained a name from his staff that the person had returned. To ensure that this was the truth is the identical man, they made a plan.
“While you convey him his second spherical of meals, drop the test and inform him that you simply because the server, you must shut out in order that perhaps we are able to velocity up that course of,” Musterer stated he instructed the worker serving the person.
The video reveals that the server stays there ready for the person to pay. That man as an alternative asks to make use of the restroom.
“He acts like he’ll the toilet after which instantly, begins to return out the backdoor after which that is when he is greeted by our busser who prevents him actually from going any additional after which that is when he turned again in,” Musterer stated.
For security of employees and clients, Musterer instructed the employees to keep away from any bodily interplay with the person, so he bolted again by means of the restaurant and out the entrance door.
By now, Musterer stated he and Campbell PD had been chasing after the suspect however could not discover him and initially gave up- that was till Musterer thought he noticed him once more.
“I make a U-turn, and it was him,” he stated.
Musterer referred to as PD who made an arrest. A aid for him however, and likewise neighboring companies.
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“I am thrilled that any person was caught,” stated Deb Rohzen, proprietor of Merely Smashing, “The extra of that, the higher. It is a frequent drawback for all of us.”
ABC7 Information reached out to Campbell PD who stated the suspect lives in Campbell.
He was cited and launched and anticipated to look in court docket the place they are saying the Santa Clara County DA might mix each the dine and sprint instances in each Campbell and San Jose for steeper penalties.
Musterer hopes the arrest serves as a lesson to the suspect and others.
“It’s harming small companies. It is harming all of our staff. And there is safety points with all of this generally,” he stated. “We simply hope that nobody desires to steal from others.”
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