With humorous YouTube video, restaurant manager turns tables on burglars 
 
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 Burglars Just Want Tacos 
 
 Using a recipe of resilience and creativity, the manager of a Las Vegas restaurant concocted a clever way to get even with burglars who broke into the establishment last week. 
 
 Greg Carlson, who manages Frijoles & Frescas Grilled Tacos at 7000 W. Charleston Blvd., used security camera footage of the break-in to put together a humorous YouTube video that shows images of the burglars and asks viewers to help identify them. 
 
 Titled "Burglars Just Want Tacos," the video's premise is that the burglars broke into the restaurant because they wanted Frijoles tacos so badly. 
 
 “We wanted a way to get the word out there, and thought we could reach more people by making it a little more light-hearted," Carlson said. 
 
 It worked. The video has generated more than 1 million views since it was posted. Not only has it drawn a great deal of attention to the suspects, it has generated an increase in business for the restaurant and helped Carlson land a live interview by CNN this afternoon. 
 
 Carlson said he used “six or seven” years’ experience of making family home videos on YouTube to produce his entertaining version of the robbery, which utilizes text overlays on the security video to spoof the burglars as they ransack the restaurant. 
 
 "Guy wants a taco," it reads as a burglar getting out of a car and tries the door. "Restaurant is closed." 
 
 The video then shows the burglar trying and failing to throw a rock through the glass door, then going to another door and successfully breaking it with a rock. 
 
 "Guy reaalllly wants a taco," an overlay reads, then fades as a second burglar appears on the screen. "So does his homeboy." 
 
 As the burglars ransack the restaurant, the video suggests they're frantically looking everywhere for tacos. 
 
 "Maybe they keep the tacos in the register," it reads as a burglar examines a cash drawer. 
 
 After the robbers flee the scene of the crime, the video cuts to close-up shots of tacos topped with grilled meats, vegetables and guacamole, and a disclaimer from the restaurant saying it takes responsibility that its tacos may cause people to do unexpected things. 
 
 Not only did the burglars end up being seen by millions of pairs of eyes, they didn’t get away with much money, either. 
 
 “When it’s all said and done, the damage they did here was really minimal,” Carlson said. 
 
 But for Metro Police, the burglary was just the latest crime in which the three individuals were suspected. 
 
 “These three individuals are part of a larger string of burglaries in which smaller restaurants and fast food restaurants with glass windows are being targeted and ransacked,” Metro spokesman Michael Rodriguez said. “We have not identified any suspects in this case, but we are aware of what’s going on.” 
 
 Rodriguez said the break-ins occurred both in Las Vegas and outside of Metro’s jurisdiction. He said the burglary at Frijoles & Frescas was under investigation. ||||| LAS VEGAS (WCMH) — After a taco shop was burglarized last week, the owners put together a video mocking the burglars. 
 
 It happened around 3:30 a.m. on December 16 at Frijoles & Frescas Grilled Tacos in Las Vegas. 
 
 In a video posted to Youtube, the restaurant writes “These nice gentlemen came looking for tacos…we think.” 
 
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 While the video shows two people breaking in and stealing two cash registers, the commentary and music suggest that they were looking everywhere they could for tacos. 
 
 The restaurant also turns the video into an advertisement, saying “Also, come find out why they wanted our tacos so badly.” 
 
 While the video was posted on December 17, it gained more than 600,000 views Tuesday night after it was featured on Reddit’s Videos subreddit.
– Most restaurant owners would worry a burglary might scare away customers. Frijoles & Frescas Grilled Tacos in Las Vegas is turning its break-in into an advertisement. The eatery's security cameras caught three men robbing the restaurant around 3:30am on Dec. 16, but police have yet to track them down, per WSPA. "We wanted a way to get the word out there, and thought we could reach more people by making it a little more light-hearted," manager Greg Carlson tells the Las Vegas Sun. So Carlson used the security footage and text overlays to spoof the burglars in a YouTube video titled "Burglars Just Want Tacos." "Guy wants a taco," a caption reads as a man attempts to break the shop's door with a rock. (He fails.) "Guy reaalllly wants a taco," reads another as a second entry is successfully breached. The footage next captures the burglars frantically searching the restaurant and checking out the cash register. "Maybe they keep the tacos in the register," a caption notes. After the burglars eventually scurry away—a car can be seen picking them up—the video quips that Frijoles & Frescas takes full responsibility for the crazy things people do in quest of its tacos. "Come find out why they wanted our tacos so badly," it adds. Featured on Reddit's Videos subreddit, the improvised ad has been viewed more than 2 million times. Though Carlson says the burglars did "really minimal" damage, a police rep notes the three suspects "are part of a larger string of burglaries in which smaller restaurants and fast food restaurants with glass windows are being targeted and ransacked."