Seventeen & Maldusk: A Supernatural Soap Opera

Yeah, poor Reuben gets pulled in to cover weird shifts because he "can handle it". And because he probably won't say "no" to his boss. Most of the time, it likely doesn't bother him too much, since he's a bit of a workaholic. But he does need some sleep. Bad timing this time.

Your memory is correct. There were two women that Jonathan Bright was yelling at before Reuben burst in on the scene.

I haven't really gone into much of the bigger picture world building yet in these chapters, since I like to focus on the small character stuff first, but your hunch is a good one, that people would be too busy yelling "vampire" to care what else was going on. So Johnny would probably still get away with it. And Reuben would be the one getting in trouble.