A female employee was clerking at the Spirit Shoppe package store in Sunderland, Mass. when a masked man armed with a large knife entered the store and demanded cash. The employee responded to the threat by retrieving a gun, causing the criminal to flee the scene. (The Republican, Springfield, Mass. 08/19/13, The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass. 08/16/13)
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Female clerk thwarts knife-wielding robber, The Republican, Springfield, Mass. 08/19/13, The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass. 08/16/13
Monday, August 19, 2013
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