Law enforcement costs money, and taxpayers share the burden. But innocent bystander Carlos Pena got stuck with the full tab when an armed man picked his business at random for a police standoff in Los Angeles.
Pena was working in his shop, NoHo Printing and Graphics, when he heard a helicopter on August 3, 2022. Pena stepped outside to investigate and saw the man running toward him, pursued by U.S. marshals with weapons drawn. The man assaulted Pena, then rushed into the shop alone and closed the door.





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