Thieves arent too bright to begin with but this one takes the cake. An armed robber left his gun on the counter during a robbery and the attendant wasted no time taking the weapon from the would be thief.
According to WPSD police are asking for your help identifying a man who robbed a Paducah hotel at gunpoint Monday night, but whose plan went awry when investigators say the hotel clerk was able to seize his gun.
A man armed with a handgun walked into the Country Inn and Suites at 145 McBride Lane in Paducah around 10 p.m. Monday and demanded money from the clerk. When the woman threw money on the counter, the man set his gun on the counter as he went to put the money in a plastic bag, a Paducah Police Department news release says.
That’s when the clerk grabbed the gun and pointed it at the robber. The news release says the man ran away, but returned. The clerk pointed the gun at him again, and the robber again fled — this time leaving the hotel in a dark-colored car.
The suspect is described as a white man.
He was Identified according to the Paducah Police Department Facebook.
You can watch the Hilarity Ensure below!
https://www.facebook.com/paducahpolice/videos/536438840452902/
