Bethlehem Police say when 18-year-old Leonardo Vergas tried to rob this Exxon Mini-Mart Tuesday night for the 5th time in less than a month, store clerks Kuldip Singh and his cousin, Madhu, took matters into their own hands.
“We were tired,” explained Singh. “One time is enough. He kept coming in and coming in. That’s not fair, ya know?”
Surveillance video showed as Singh pulled out a baseball bat and hit Vergas repeatedly before Vergas managed to run out the side door.
“He has a knife, but it was a very small knife and this time we were not scared,” said Madhu Singh.
Authorities say they were tipped off last week that it was Vergas who allegedly committed over a half a dozen robberies on the eastside of Bethlehem. Vergas was under police surveillance, so when eye-witnesses at Exxon matched his jacket with the one the robbery suspect wore in seven other cases, police arrested him at home.
Vergas confessed to a total of eight robberies, including all five that happened at the Exxon.
“The fact that he was arrested on his 5th try at the Exxon, I guess he went to the well once too often I guess you could say,” said Commissioner Francis Donchez.
Bethlehem Police do not believe Vergas is responsible for any of the more that 100 other robberies that have taken place within the past month in the Lehigh Valley.
Vergas was treated for his injuries at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill, and released. He was arraigned and is being held in Northampton County Jail on $250-thousand bail.
See The Video Of this idiot getting his ass wooped by store employees armed with baseball bats. If this would have been a black man, they would have broacasted this all over the national news. All day. Since he white, of course you probabaly didnt hear about this till now. Batter UP.
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