Golf club-wielding man charged with robbing store clerk armed with knife

Armed with a knife, a store clerk in Thomasville, N.C., was seen in surveillance video trying to stop a man, who was armed with a golf club, from stealing the store’s cash register.

The video shows the Dec. 13 robbery, in which the suspect, who was wearing a ski mask, got into an altercation with the clerk as he tried to take the register.

According to CBS affiliate WNCN, the incident began when a man ran into the store demanding money.

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“I pulled the knife out and I was counting on him running. He has a golf club and I have a knife,” said Greg Bowen, the clerk seen in the video, to WNCN. “I told him ‘no,’ and I thought he would run, but he didn’t.”

Share this on X Click to share quote on X: "I pulled the knife out and I was counting on him running. He has a golf club and I have a knife," said Greg Bowen, the clerk seen in the video, to <a href="http://wncn.com/2017/12/16/video-nc-clerk-with-knife-fights-off-thief-with-golf-club/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WNCN</a>. "I told him 'no,' and I thought he would run, but he didn't."

Bowen added that he was able to strike the man’s hand but that the suspect was wearing very thick gloves and a jacket.

“We scuffled, and when he came around here, I lost the advantage I had, so, I waited until he got around and until I had a good angle then I hit him with the rack. He grabbed the register and went out the door,” said Bowen.

Share this on X Click to share quote on X: "We scuffled, and when he came around here, I lost the advantage I had, so, I waited until he got around and until I had a good angle then I hit him with the rack. He grabbed the register and went out the door," said Bowen.

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According to the local newspaper, News & Record, Brandon Scott Routh, 29, has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Routh is due in court in January 2018.

No injuries were reported.