Pizza shop worker, 72, foils robbers with beer can

August 20, 2009
LANCASTER, Pa. - Police said a 72-year-old pizza shop employee foiled a shotgun-point robbery by throwing a can of beer at the perpetrators. Lancaster police Lt. Todd Umstead said two men with bandanas over their faces attempted to rob Six Packs on Vine at closing time Wednesday. One of the men pointed a shotgun at the employee, who was stocking a cooler. Police said the employee could not tell if the beer struck either of the men but it was enough to chase them off.

My comments: Having lived in Pennsylvania for many years, I found the above news snip rather droll. The only thing that would have made it funnier would have been if the clerk had also thrown a lit cigarette at them as well. Beer and smokes seem to be the top priorities in my old neck of Penn's woods. Ugh!