Overview
- Elyria police dispatched all available officers and detectives to Rubin’s Deli after the owner reported an active robbery based on an image.
- Responding units arrived within minutes, secured the building, and determined no crime was occurring.
- Investigators say an employee created the image using ChatGPT to depict masked suspects in a multi-camera security view, which was later uploaded to the evidence system.
- Todd Durst, 45, was arrested at the scene and booked into the Lorain County Jail on swatting and obstructing official business charges, both fourth-degree felonies, plus inducing panic, a first-degree misdemeanor.
- Luis Acevedo Jr., 40, left before officers arrived; his vehicle was found at the restaurant, warrants have been issued, and the search continues.