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Suspects Pretend to Be Hostages
Tue Sep 10, 7:40 AM ET
BOSTON (AP) - Two armed suspects in a pizza parlor heist tried to pretend to be hostages as police closed in, but were outfoxed by restaurant employees.
Armed suspects Johnathan Ortega, 23, and Miguel Angel Correa, 27, allegedly broke into a Pizza Hut restaurant last week, tied up employees in the bathroom and waited for a time-delayed safe to open, police said.
The plan began to fall apart after the duo released one hostage, making him promise not to call authorities. Police arrived minutes later.
The suspects then tied themselves up and pleaded with the hostages to go along with the ruse. Restaurant manager Orlando Reyes, 20, wasn't about to play along.
"I said 'I'm going to go outside and tell police officers the bad guys left and you guys were tied up with us,'" Reyes told the Boston Herald.
The men were charged with kidnapping and attempted robbery.
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