On Wednesday night around 11:30pm, a masked robber entered Paradise Pizza of Carlsbad with a hand-sized gun, can of mace and 
intentions of emptying the cash register. After a short verbal altercation, the man was caught off guard by owner Mychal Dourson and employee Patrick Clemons, resulting with the masked derelict subdued on the ground, bruised and awaiting police. Thomas Ruth of La Costa was arrested and taken first to the hospital, then to jail.
What ended as a crazy night on Wednesday, continued into Thursday and even into early Friday morning. Local news agencies quickly jumped on this frightening story with a happy ending and stormed the small pizza joint in full force. The sleepy pathway from State Street to the parking lot where Paradise Pizza is located was transformed into a highway bustling with powdered faces and camera yielding grips as every local news agency competed for interviews and reenactments.
As Mychal prepped his kitchen and tossed early pizza orders, he and his employees juggled phone and camera interviews. The internet quickly filled with preliminary accounts of the drama. The small pizza joint quickly filled with reporters, cameramen and questions. Mychal reenacted the scene repeatedly giving each reporter what they asked for, an informative and entertaining story.
Every local news agency jumped on the story, but Rory Devine from NBC San Diego invested the most into this story. She got one of the fist reports on camera, took pride in getting the facts correct and held ground all day which concluded with an in depth report and Live coverage on location for their lead story at 4, 5, and 6PM.
The day eventually ended with countless reenactments and interviews, but was far from over. Mychal’s Friday morning began early with an on location interview for the channel 5 morning news.
Mychal and employees hope the focus on Paradise Pizza of Carlsbad continues into the weekend with local support, praise and hunger.
NBC San Diego
Carlsbad Patch
FOX 5 in studio interview
Click HERE to see Snyder Art painting the Paradise Pizza Mural!
Congrats Mychal and Patrick for getting the job done!
RSS Feed-Posts
Recent Comments