As we reported at the time, three men, one of them armed with a .38 pistol, stormed into the business and snatched the money from the cash pan. But that wasn't enough, one of the robbers then grabbed a cell phone from a worker, and that's when the owner tackled the man with the gun. His two accomplices ran off, but the employees and the owner subdued the gunman until police arrived and arrested him.

That armed robber was later identified as Joseph O'brien, and he was charged with robbery, 5 counts of aggravated assault, and keeping an unlicensed firearm. He ended up standing trial for the robbery and firearm charges, and the prosecution called the owners, the employees and the police investigators to testify against him.

They told the magistrate the same thing they reported to police, and in his defence, O'brien denied committing any crimes. Even though he was caught at the scene, he simply said he didn't go to tortilla factory to rob it. He claimed that he went there to buy, and that's when, according to him, the employees and the owner assaulted him for no reason. Explaining the gun, he claims that it was planted on him, and that he did not take it there.