Pennsylvania

Store Clerk Tells Woman to Bug off With Insecticide

A western Pennsylvania convenience store clerk told a would-be bandit to bug off by spraying the woman with a can of insecticide.

The masked woman entered the CSI Coalfield Mini Market in Berlin Sunday night, according to state police.

Store clerk Annabelle Miller tells WJAC-TV she took matters -- and the can of bug spray -- into her own hands.

Miller says she refused to give the woman money and waited for her to leave. When she began to retreat, Miller sprayed the woman in the face as the suspect left the store.

The whole thing was caught on the store's surveillance system.

Miller says she's glad she confronted the would-be bandit.

"I just got mad. I've got better things to do with my night than that."

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