last month for robbing a Southeast Portland coffee
stand at gunpoint.
Acacia Bowers, 29, and Lacey Preston, 30, are in jail
for robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and
possession of meth.
The coffee stand owner and her employees are
relieved police continued to follow leads since it
happened last fall.
"It's traumatizing. You can't have a gun put in your
face without walking away from it with some sort
of damage," said Tracy Fields, who owns Twin Perks Espresso.
"You don't know what they're
going to do, so the (baristas) are extremely
relieved (they're caught).
"
Investigators believe one woman, caught on
surveillance video, walked up to the ordering
window with a gun and demanded money while another drove up in a car later pretending to be a
concerned witness.
Police have said the second
woman offered to call 911, but they never got that
call and believe she was actually trying to buy her
accomplice time.
Surveillance cameras caught the
car's license plate.
The two suspects are currently charged for one
robbery, but police also linked them to a robbery at
the Smokin' Hot Java Bombshell Baristas in Gresham
the week before.
They could face additional
charges.
Fields said criminals should know her businesses have sophisticated surveillance systems.
"We'll get them every time.
You just have to put the
money in to protect your employees and make
people understand this is not ok," she said.
"It's a
bad idea to try and rob us."
Bowers and Preston pleaded not guilty.
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