Her Coffee Shop Has Been Robbed Three Times in a Month. Now She's Fed Up and Wants Criminals to Know What's Waiting for Them.

SPOKANE, Wash. (TheBlaze/AP) -- The next robber who tries to hold up Jitterz Java in Spokane is likely to face an armed barista.

KXLY-TV

After three robberies in just one month, the owner says there will now always be a gun at the coffee stand.

Owner Sara Chapel told KXLY-TV some of her employees are already bringing their own guns to work.

On Sunday, a man aggressively tried to open a window and appeared to have a gun. The barista kept the window locked, grabbed her gun and called police. The man took off before police arrived.

"It is just a little aggravating, you know, people are just out for themselves these days," Chapel told the news station. "It's just sad to put other people in harms way to just get a few hundred dollars."

At this point, she says she just wants her business to be left alone.

Watch KXLY-TV's video report here.