A convenience store clerk in Ohio is getting attention after reportedly fighting off a man accused of trying to rob the store. According to local reports, the incident happened at a Speedway on Northland Boulevard, and a security camera captured it.
Prosecutors allege that the man, identified as Andre, came in with a box cutter, tried to jump the counter and said, “We can do this the easy way, or the hard way.” The clerk reportedly grabbed the blade and knocked him out with one punch, then called 911 and asked for officers to come.
Andre later told police his actions were misunderstood. He said he was holding the blade to cut something off his shirt and that he had been drinking. Police reportedly pointed out that jumping a counter with a blade does not look like a harmless act.
The next day he appeared before a judge on crutches with a swollen eye. Bond was set at $175,000 on two counts of aggravated robbery and assault. These are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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