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Man robs store with ice cream scoop, police say
FILE PHOTO: Police said a man in Texas held up a store using an ice cream scoop.
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
March 18, 2019Police say a shop clerk thought he was being held with a gun shoved in his back, but in reality it was only an ice cream scoop.
Police say a man walked into a store in Plainview, Texas, Friday and tried to rob the store, KCBD reported.
The clerk said the man poked a blunt object into his back. But instead of a gun as the clerk thought, it was an ice cream scoop.
Police are considering it an aggravated robbery because the clerk thought his life was being threatened.
This isn't the only time a robber used an odd item as a potential weapon. In 2012, someone held up a store in Plainview with a sock used to cover his hand, KCBD reported.
