A robbery suspect got a lot more than cash when he tried to hold up a North Carolina store.
An employee knocked the suspect unconscious at the “We Buy Gold” business on the Spartanburg highway in Hendersonville on Friday and held him down until police arrived.
“He came through the door. He had his hand down here on his waist, hoodie on his head, he said 'Gimme the money, gimme the money, gimme the money,’” said employee Derek Mothershead.
“And I got up, and I threw my hands up and said take the money if you want it.”
Mothershead took matters into his own hands.
“He had a bag and instead of putting it in the bag I kind of handed it to him,” he recalled. “I said here, take it take it. And I just kind of came in and hit him.”
Mothershead knocked the robber, 25-year-old Mostafa Hendi, unconscious.
“If he wants money get a job, work like everybody else in this world.”
Mothershead held down Hendi, who was bleeding, and called police.
“We Buy Gold” manager Juan Cruz said knocking out armed robbers isn’t exactly store police. But he had a message for anyone considering robbing the store:
“Merry Christmas ... Mostafa Hendi.”
Hendi is charged with armed robbery with a dangerous weapon.
He's in jail on $100,000 bond.
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