Crime & Safety
Man Threatens Restaurant Customers With Gun In Manassas: Police
A man was arrested early Saturday after threatening customers with a gun in a Manassas restaurant, according to Manassas Police.

MANASSAS, VA—A man was arrested early Saturday after threatening customers with a gun in Los Ticos Aztecas Restaurant at 9630 Grant Avenue, according to Manassas Police. Mario Lopez-Contreras, 24, of Manassas, was charged with brandishing, intoxicated in public and fugitive from justice.
Shortly before 12:30 a.m., police responded to the restaurant for a report of a brandishing. They found that Lopez-Contreras had threatened customers with a gun before fleeing. He was found in his nearby vehicle and arrested.
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