dark and my camera doesn t have any type of lighting. so i just kind of held it up and we ll see what happens. andrew dumais stands at the edge of the stage with a fire extinguisher. because i served four years on the hudson fire department, i would be on stand-by just in case there were any mishaps. after her colleague performs, it s ayesha s turn. the music changed. it was a little different. you kind of got the feeling that it was going to be something spectacular. ayesha begins her routine. first she touches the fire to her arms. we always begin our show with that kind of trick. what we don t show the people is that we put some cream before. the special cream prevents ayesha from burning her skin. now she prepares for the main event. we take the oil and we spit the oil like in a mist, and this is the mist will goes in fire when we spit it on a torch.
the security video is silent. the the cameras record whoever is in the store from two angles. customers were two investors and is a lady selling some jewelry. we were having a great conversation of the finances and how the lookout of things would be. standing behind the counter, he is out of camera view watching two men outside the glass door. i felt wrong with their presence. i saw them already before they entered the store. i have a switch on my right side i lock the door. i was reaching the switch like a panic button that closes the door. it was too late. because it s bright outside, the camera doesn t show the men until they open the door. two masked men barge in. one tries to lock the door behind him but can t. they walked in. they were like this is a robbery. give me everything i have. i was like no way. at first the customers are too stunned to react. they didn t know what to do.
and fall out the door. he s on top of me. then he sees there s someone else outside. he s like okay, he high tails it off. mckinney s co worker in the back room wiggles free from the loose knot. she dashes to the front. mckinney calls police. when officers arrive to investigate, it doesn t take long to crack the case. he dropped his keys. he ran to his car and couldn t leave. he hid down in the seat. when the police came, they got him. the masked man is michael gaines convicted of robbery and sentenced to six years in prison. he isn t charge add with arm robbery because his gun was a fake. police also learn his visit to mckinney s store wasn t his first. he was a customer. i recognized his voice. i was like i can t believe this is someone i ve dealt with and
the security video is silent but the cameras record whoever is this the store from two angles? the two customers were two investors and a lady who was selling some jewelry. we were just having a great conversation of the finances. zeiter, behind the counter is out of camera view. he is watching two men outside the glass door. it felt wrong, their presence. you saw them already before they entered the store. and i have a switch on my right side where i just lock the store. i was reaching for the switch that s like a panic button and closes the door but i was too late. because it s bright outside the camera doesn t show the men until they open the door. when the two masked men barge in one of them tries to lock the door behind him but can t. when they walk in, they are like this is a robbery give me everything you have. and i was like no way. at first the customers are too stunned to react. they didn t know what to do because they weren t sure what i was going to do, how
and that s when it s like, okay, and he high tails it off. mckinney s coworker in the back room wiggles her hands free from the loose knot. she dashes to the front of the store. mckinney calls the police. when officers arrive to investigate, it doesn t take long to crack the case. he dropped his keys. so he ran to his car, and he couldn t leave, so he hid down in the seat and when the police came, they got him. the masked man is michael gaines. he is convicted of robbery and sentenced to six years in prison. he isn t charged with armed robbery because his gun was a fake. police also learn that his visit to mckinney s store wasn t his first. he was a customer. i recognized his voice, and i was like, i can t believe this is someone that i ve dealt with, doing this. you know, for him to be acting like that. mckinney and her colleague aren t hurt but she says if something like this ever happens again, she ll just hand over the cash.