MUNCIE, Ind. — An English-speaking man’s efforts to rob a Mexican restaurant were foiled by a worker who spoke only Spanish and another who pretended not to know English, police said.
James Adams, 44, acted as if he had a gun and ordered an employee at Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant and Cantina to open a cash register. The employee did not speak English and was confused about what was happening. A second employee acted as if he did not speak English, stalling Adams while another employee and a customer called police.
Police arrived and arrested Adams on charges of attempted robbery and robbery. Adams is believed to have committed at least one other robbery in the past three weeks. Adams admitted robbing Pleasures, an adult novelty store, on Nov. 28, 3005.
“Most of our robberies all lead back to a drug addiction and that’s what was going on with him,” Williams said.
(CRYSTAL METH, MAYBE???)