SALT LAKE CITY - Police in Utah said a kitchen knife-
wielding teenager whose attempt to rob a store failed
ran off after asking a clerk not to call police or tell
his mother. Salt Lake City police said teen brought items
from the Maverik store to the counter and maneuvered to
behind the counter while the clerk was ringing up the
goods, KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, reported. Police said the
suspect attempted to hold a kitchen knife to the clerk's
neck, but the worker turned around and knocked the teenager
to the floor. The clerk told police the teenager pleaded
with him before fleeing without the knife. "Don't call the
cops, I will pay," the suspect was quoted as saying,
"don't tell my mom." The worker told police the teenager
fled the scene on foot.
wielding teenager whose attempt to rob a store failed
ran off after asking a clerk not to call police or tell
his mother. Salt Lake City police said teen brought items
from the Maverik store to the counter and maneuvered to
behind the counter while the clerk was ringing up the
goods, KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City, reported. Police said the
suspect attempted to hold a kitchen knife to the clerk's
neck, but the worker turned around and knocked the teenager
to the floor. The clerk told police the teenager pleaded
with him before fleeing without the knife. "Don't call the
cops, I will pay," the suspect was quoted as saying,
"don't tell my mom." The worker told police the teenager
fled the scene on foot.