MIAMI – A crook picked the wrong Miami gas station to rob earlier this week.
During the evening shift on November 2, security video caught a man walking into the Chevron station at 4100 N.W. 27th Avenue.
Once inside, the suspect raised a gun towards the clerk, demanded money and then proceeded to go behind the counter to open up the cash register.
It was then that the clerk, Sergio Morales, realized something wasn't quite right.
"He comes around, cocks the gun," said Morales. "I hear plastic."
Realizing it probably wasn't a real gun, Morales reached under the counter, pulled out a baseball bat and whacked the crook in the head.
The suspect quickly realized things weren't going his way and ran out of the store.
"I wasn't going to let him get away with stealing money with a plastic gun." added Morales.
Police say the robbery attempt is one of at least 7 armed robberies that have occurred with a one mile radius of the gas station.