Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Spatula-wielding cook fights off would-be robbers

Four young teenagers got themselves in trouble with police on Sunday night - maybe to their relief - after they faced a 70-year-old cook who fought back when they tried to rob a Milwaukee restaurant.

The youths entered the George Webb restaurant, at 20th and Mitchell streets, around 8:30 p.m. Sunday to case out the place. They returned a few minutes later and one stood on a stool.

"Give me all your money," the would-be robber said.



The cook, Jan, can be heard responding on surveillance tape. "You better get the (expletive) out of here here before I kick your (expletive). Out! Out!," she yells, raising her spatula.

The boys, ages 11, 12, 13 and 17, ran off.

The entire ordeal was caught on the restaurant's security camera, and police were able to catch up with the boys in the neighbourhood within minutes.

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