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Posted: Dec 1, 2009 3:03 PM
Updated: Dec 1, 2009 8:55 PM

CORPUS CHRISTI - Three men carrying machetes and a handgun robbed a little Caesars restaurant and made away with some cash.

Police arrested one of those men, the other two are on the loose and considered armed and dangerous.

The three men used a brick to break into a glass window.

Once inside they forced the manager to hand over the money, then they left the same way they came in, through the window.

They took off going east on Saratoga.

One of the suspects didn't make it far.

Police caught up with him in a parking lot near Little Caesars.

A witness positively identified 36 year old Ruben Rocha as being one of the robbers.

The manager was in the store alone getting ready to close up when this crime caught her off guard.

Lt. David Blackmon said, "They were closed for the night, had the business locked up, were counting the money and next thing she hears, she hears the window crashing and three males come through the door."

They left behind a trail of broken glass and a frightened employee.

The manager says one of the men carried a gun and the other two had, what appeared to be, machetes.

All three were disguised, wearing hooded sweatshirts, baseball caps and blue bandannas.

They forced the manger to open the safe and hand over the night deposit.

A detective says the three got away with around a thousand dollars.

The manger wasn't hurt, but shook up.

Lt. Blackmon said, "As you can imagine, you know your business is closed, you think you're safe next thing you know there's a brick come flying through the window, of course the window comes crashing down, you've got three males run through there armed with weapons demanding money so I'm sure it's a scary thing."

Rocha faces an aggravated robbery charge.

Once police catch up with the other two, they'll face the same charges.

If you have information on this crime, call Crimestoppers at 888-TIPS.