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A Long Island bodega owner showed a startling video surveillance of a bat-wielding man trying to rob his store—which ended with the store owner ultimately taking pity on the thief and giving him $40 and bread! Store owner Mohammad "Mo" Sohail said of the May incident, "He was begging, crying 'I'm sorry. I have no money, no food, no job. My family's hungry.' He's really crying, 'please don't call police.'"
The robber had been yelling at Sohail, who was closing the Shirley Express, "Give me your money! Give me your money!" Instead, Sohail took out a licensed shotgun, which then prompted the robber to fall to his knees and pray. The store owner said, "Promise me that you'll never rob anybody again," and then gave the man $40 from the cash register and bread. Watch the video below.
Sohail says the man then told him, "You are a good man. I want to be a Muslim like you." The 47-year-old Pakistani immigrant spoke to the AP, "He started crying that he was out of work and was trying to feed his hungry family. I felt bad for him. I mean, this wasn't some kid," told the Daily News, "I feel really good because I helped someone. Everyone should help each other. ... I did this because he had problems. I don't call myself a hero."
Newsday notes that Sohail has "five open warrants" from the Department of Taxation and Finance, totaling $137,331.28. He said he was working on paying his debts, "Everybody has a hard time sometimes." Police are investigating the crime, but Sohail doesn't want the would-be robber to go to jail and simply hopes he learned a lesson.
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this pakistani don't play and don't pay (his taxes).
one deadbeat trying to rob another...
I think he turned the other cheek!
He was lucky that this wasn't the usual desperado. If it were a gang banger or some frantic junkie he would have shot the storekeeper first and then taken what he wanted.
What the hell is wrong with you people? Who are you trying to impress? This story made me tear up a little. This is like a fucking O'Henry story or some shit writ LI, and all you people have to spew is hateful negativity.
I swear to fuck that the first person that creates a device that allows me to slap dickhead trolls through the Interwebs will be a billionaire.
let it allll out buddy...that's right...let it out...you're doing fine...
Sweet talker.
If it were a O Henry story, then ten years down the line Sohail would have to fall on hard times, the robber would have prospered and the roles would be reversed with Sohail trying to rob the robber and they both recognize each other and the Robber repays sohail. The end.
in the process of stealing this for a story. thanks a lot sucker!
Wordsniper, well said!
wow, Sohail is a better man than I. I would have shot that guy in the face and said "How you like living with no eyeballs, Bitch!?!" Although, You can't really call him a hero until some time has passed. I mean, no good deed goes unpunished. If the robber uses the money to buy food and prolong his miserable life til he robs again, then sohail really didn't accomplish much in the long run. Or even worse, the robber could buy weapons with the money and rob other people, so in a way Sohail would have financed further terrorism. we'll never know. Only god or if you are into science, chaos theory, will know.
"No good deed goes unpunished" -- in this case the government is taking care of the punishment.
Anyway, Sohail did the right thing and most of you should consider careers in professional trolling.
Give a man a loaf of bread and he eats for a day. Teach a man to bake...
Great suggestion, hotshot....but maybe you can teach everyone how to bake when they can't afford any ingredients to cook.
re: video.. "Shirley" clerk?
Don't call me Shirley.
Learned a lesson my ass.
He'll hit another store within a week, just not that one.....or else he'll show up with a gun instead of a bat.
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The next robber will simply blow Sohail's head off and make with the till and some cigarettes.
Now the store owner is arrested for selling Drug Paraphernalia to Under Cover Police. Could the robbery have been a setup by the police? So police could search the place.