Mugshots Of The Day: Ohio Restaurant Workers Arrested For Faking Robbery With ChatGPT

The Ohio restaurant workers arrested for faking a robbery using ChatGPT are the subjects of our Mugshots Of The Day on Dave & Chuck The Freak. They definitely earned the title.

The incident happened at Rubin's Deli in Elyria, Ohio. Robberies happen all the time and police are ready to respond. What they aren't ready for? Is to show up to the robbery and there's no crime taking place--everything is normal. It sounds like that's what happened here. Officers with the Elyria Police Department responded to an active robbery at the restaurant and when they arrived they didn't see anything wrong. Nothing of the 3 masked men who were reportedly robbing the place. It didn't take long for them to figure out what was going on.

Officers talked to an employee who said what was reported did not happen. Further investigation led to them finding out 2 employees used AI to enhance the credibility of the fake situation, per Cleveland 19.

The 2 employees behind the fake robbery were identified as 45-year-old Todd Durst and 40-year-old Luis Acevedo Jr. You can see their mugshots provided by the Elyria Police Department below.

Read more from Cleveland 19 here.