Store clerk fends off would-be robber with spray cleaner

SUPPLY, NC (WWAY) — A Brunswick County store clerk fended off a would-be robber this weekend with an interesting tool.

Surveillance video shows a man with a knife demanding money from a clerk at the Minute Man Food Mart in Supply Sunday night. When the clerk decides to stand his ground and threatens the crook with a can of cleaner, the man takes off.

Anyone with information should call the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office.