Crime & Safety
Store Clerk Uses Pepper Spray on Would-Be Robber
The Odenton store employee reportedly doused a man carrying a gun with pepper spray and he fled empty-handed.
ODENTON, MD — An Odenton store clerk turned the tables on a would-be armed robber, police say.
A man came into Factory Direct Video Outlet, 1634 Annapolis Road in Odenton just before 11 p.m. Saturday. Employees told police the suspect showed a handgun, and announced a robbery.
Officers say the clerk used pepper spray on the suspect and the would-be robber fled the shop in an unknown vehicle.
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The suspect did not take any items or cash from the store.
Police units, including canine, searched the area but failed to find the suspect.
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The robber is described by police as a white man between 20 and 30 years old, 5’7” to 5’10”, medium build, wearing a grey sweatshirt.
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