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Diana Castillo, 24, used to work at the Papa Murphy’s pizza restaurant in Ceres. That is until, according to police, she told two robbers how to get in and get away with as much money as possible with the least trouble.
Three other employees were there, and were threatened, and menaced and, in at least one case, had hair pulled while the robbery was underway, according to investigators.
Police say they figured it was an inside job on a hunch.
“A hunch is based on a lot of things- the experience of the investigator, their training,” said Mike Borges, Deputy Chief of the Ceres Police. “Part of that training is reading the body language of the people you interview.”
Police say one of the two men Castillo conspired with to rob the restaurant has been arrested. They are still looking for the other.
But Ceres Police also says while Castillo was teaching the two men how to get in the back door of the restaurant, one of those men had just escaped through a back door in California’s criminal justice system.
He was released early, police tell FOX40, because of “realignment”; a series of plans and initiatives aimed at reducing overcrowding in California’s prison system.
“We’re putting people back on these streets that shouldn’t be. They should be housed away from society,” Deputy Chief Borges said.
According to Borges, the suspect was released early from an auto theft charge, which is a non-violent offense. But a deeper look at the man’s criminal record reveals a violent robbery, or the type which took place a Papa Murphy’s.