Cops: Customer Tried To Kidnap Bikini Barista

AUGUST 28--Your takeout order from one of those “sexpresso” coffee stands does not include a complimentary bikini-clad barista.

A 19-year-old Washington State man is facing a kidnapping charge for allegedly trying to pull a female employee out of the drive-thru window of the Ladybug Bikini Espresso stand and into his vehicle, according to a police report.

Investigators allege that Ezekiel Guerrero drove to the 24-hour coffee shop earlier this month and placed a 2:15 AM drink order with the female worker on duty. The business is located in Lakewood, a suburb of Tacoma (where Guerrero, seen at right, resides).

While preparing Guerrero’s drink, the victim said she exchanged small talk with the customer, who was wearing a blue hat, a Los Angeles Dodgers jersey, and designer jeans. The woman said she handed Guerrero a clipboard with a receipt that needed his signature.

When Guerrero subsequently “partially extended” the clipboard back to the barista, she “reached out to accept it.” That is when Guerrero allegedly “grabbed [the victim] by the arm and attempted to pull her through the window toward his car.”

The woman told cops she braced her legs against a counter, which kept her from being pulled out the drive-thru window. The victim was able to shut the window, while the patron “fled the area.” When police interviewed the barista, she “was frantic and appeared genuinely frightened” and had red marks on her wrist, inner bicep, and shoulder.

The incident was recorded by a security camera. Footage, cops reported, showed that Guerrero “violently seizes” the barista by the arm and that the woman “eventually breaks his grasp after tugging back and forth as she slid the window shut.”  

Guerrero, who paid for his drink with a Mastercard in his name, was eventually tracked down by police and arrested Monday. He reportedly confessed to detectives, saying that he had been “drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana” before the incident and was “fucked up.”

Claiming that he did not intend to harm the victim, Guerrero said that he “had been feeling sad, angry, and isolated due to recent relationship problems with his former girlfriend,” and that he went to the Ladybug stand to see “a pretty girl.” Investigators reported that Guerrero “recognized that his behavior was impulsive, denied having any anger or hatred toward women in general, and maintained that his conduct did not reflect his character.”

Charged with attempted kidnapping in the first degree, a felony, Guerrero--who has no prior criminal record and works as a forklift driver at a Seattle bakery--was booked into the Pierce County jail, from which he was later released on his own recognizance. A judge has ordered him to have no contact with the victim and any Ladybug outlets. (4 pages)