Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The worst thing about this TV writers strike is the glut of news just crying out for satire. How do I know what's ridiculous without new episodes of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to tell me?
Donut shop employee, concerned about YouTube, clobbers robber
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (AP) — When a robber started taking
cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin’ Donuts employee Dustin
Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug.
But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash
than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube.
“What was going through my mind at that point was that the
security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the
office or whack this guy in the head, so I just grabbed the cup and
clocked the guy pretty hard,” Hoffmann told The Record of Bergen
County for Tuesday’s editions.
The incident happened Sunday evening when the robber came into
the westbound Route 46 Dunkin’ Donuts and ordered a pastry,
according to Elmwood Park Police Chief Donald Ingrasselino. Once
Hoffmann opened the register, the robber jumped over the counter
and started taking cash.
Police said Hoffmann grabbed the man’s wrists while hitting him
with the mug, which is used to hold tips. Hoffmann managed to scare
away the robber, who made out with just $90 and left behind a
baseball cap police are holding to test for DNA evidence.
Police haven’t arrested anyone, but described the robber as a
white male in his 30s, with medium build, around 6 feet tall. The
man, who police believe is also responsible for two other recent
Dunkin’ Donuts robberies in the area, has black hair and long
sideburns.
As for YouTube fame, Hoffmann said he’ll put up the surveillance
video himself when it becomes available.
“There are only a few videos like that on YouTube now, so
mine’s going to be the best,” he said. “That’ll teach this guy.”
Donut shop employee, concerned about YouTube, clobbers robber
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (AP) — When a robber started taking
cash from his register over the weekend, Dunkin’ Donuts employee Dustin
Hoffmann fought back by clobbering the man with a ceramic mug.
But Hoffmann admits he was less worried about the stolen cash
than how he might look on the video-sharing site YouTube.
“What was going through my mind at that point was that the
security tape is either going to show me run away and hide in the
office or whack this guy in the head, so I just grabbed the cup and
clocked the guy pretty hard,” Hoffmann told The Record of Bergen
County for Tuesday’s editions.
The incident happened Sunday evening when the robber came into
the westbound Route 46 Dunkin’ Donuts and ordered a pastry,
according to Elmwood Park Police Chief Donald Ingrasselino. Once
Hoffmann opened the register, the robber jumped over the counter
and started taking cash.
Police said Hoffmann grabbed the man’s wrists while hitting him
with the mug, which is used to hold tips. Hoffmann managed to scare
away the robber, who made out with just $90 and left behind a
baseball cap police are holding to test for DNA evidence.
Police haven’t arrested anyone, but described the robber as a
white male in his 30s, with medium build, around 6 feet tall. The
man, who police believe is also responsible for two other recent
Dunkin’ Donuts robberies in the area, has black hair and long
sideburns.
As for YouTube fame, Hoffmann said he’ll put up the surveillance
video himself when it becomes available.
“There are only a few videos like that on YouTube now, so
mine’s going to be the best,” he said. “That’ll teach this guy.”
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