In Aug. 2008, 38-year-old Fernando Manuel Ruiz is accused of being armed with a firearm and entering with the intention of holding up and robbing employees at Krikorian Buena Park Metroplex 18 movie theatre.
Ruiz is accused of falsely identifying himself as a Buena Park Police Department investigator, holding the manager and another employee at gunpoint and tying their wrists with a telephone cord.
The defendant allegedly destroyed the surveillance footage and stole $15,000 from the theatre's safe.
Ruiz is accused of leaving DNA at the scene, which police collected and submitted to the /*Orange County District Attorney's*/ local DNA database.
In Aug. 2010, Ruiz agreed to submit a DNA sample for a misdemeanor violation. A month later, Ruiz's DNA linked him to the crime and he was arrested.
Ruiz is charged with felony counts of second degree robbery and impersonating a peace officer. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years and four months in /*state prison*/.
He is being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, Feb. 22.
