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Date: 6:57 AM, 08/03/09

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Man used meat cleaver to fend off would-be robber in gorilla suit Tonya Root - troot@thesunnews.com E-Mail Print Comments (50) Recommend (0) Reprint or license Text Size: tool name close tool goes here An employee of the Conway location of Jimmys Japanese Hibachi told police he used a meat cleaver to fight off a would-be robber who wore a gorilla suit, according to a police report. The 21-year-old Conway man told police at 11:24 p.m. Monday he was cleaning the restaurant and was punched in the head while taking trash to a Dumpster behind the business at 2635 U.S. 701 N., police said. The man said he wrestled with his attacker, who wore a gorilla suit, and ran back inside the building, but the attacker followed him, according to the report. The man said the attacker ran to the cash register and he picked up a meat cleaver and hit the person in the right arm. Similar stories: Police \| Robber in gorilla suit met with cleaver Police \| Robber in gorilla suit met with cleaver POLICE CONWAY Robber in gorilla suit met with cleaver SC worker fights off robber in gorilla suit SC worker fights off robber in gorilla suit It was far from an inconspicuous robbery attempt. Authorities say someone in a gorilla suit tried to rob a Conway restaurant this week, but the crime was foiled by a worker wielding a meat cleaver. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported that the worker said he was hit over the head late Monday night while taking out the trash. The 21-year-old worker told authorities that he wrestled with the costumed suspect and ran back into the business, but the suspect followed him. Man caught on video stealing meat from business Man caught on video stealing meat from business A man was caught on video surveillance stealing more than $400 in fresh meat from a Conway business, according to a police report. Police are searching for the man who was seen breaking the front glass door about 12:45 a.m. Thursday at the Conway Fresh Meat Market at 1701 Fourth Ave., police said. Once inside the business, the suspect took six packages of rib eyes valued at $420, which included five uncut whole loins, according to the report. Officials estimated damage to the door was $300. Violence in Chinese region rekindles to boiling point Violence in Chinese region rekindles to boiling point Sobbing Muslim women scuffled with riot police, and Chinese men wielding steel pipes, meat cleavers and sticks rampaged through the streets Tuesday as ethnic tensions worsened in China's oil-rich Xinjiang territory, forcing officials to declare a curfew. The new violence in Xinjiang's capital erupted only a few hours after the city's top officials told reporters the streets in Urumqi were returning to normal following a riot that killed 156 people Sunday. The officials also said more than 1,000 suspects had been rounded up since the spasm of attacks by Muslim Uighurs against Han Chinese, the ethnic majority. The chaos returned when hundreds of young Han men seeking revenge began gathering on sidewalks with kitchen knives, clubs, shovels and wooden poles. They spent most of the afternoon marching through the streets, smashing windows of Muslim restaurants and trying to push past police cordons protecting minority neighborhoods. Riot police successfully fought them back with volleys of tear gas and a massive Man steals woman's wallet from her in McDonald's parking lot Man steals woman's wallet from her in McDonald's parking lot A man took a 60-year-old Pennsylvania womans wallet in a fast food restaurant parking lot when she went to give him some money, according to a Myrtle Beach police report. The woman told police that about 3:30 p.m. Thursday a man, who was missing most of his teeth, approached her in the parking lot of McDonald's at 22nd Avenue North and Kings Highway and asked her for a couple of dollars, police said. The woman said she took her wallet out to give him some money and he grabbed it from her and ran from the parking lot, according to the report. The woman said her wallet contained $150 cash and a prepaid cell phone that contained 150 minutes. The man said the attacker then ran out of the business with the cleaver stuck in the suit, according to the report. Police are investigating the incident. No money was taken during the robbery attempt. __________________ Call the Faux News Tip Line at 1-900-For-Faux

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