Hotel clerk grabs robber's gun and scares him away in video shared by Kentucky police
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Police in Paducah, Kentucky, arrested a man Tuesday who robbed a hotel but was scared away when the clerk grabbed his gun and pointed it at him.
The Paducah Police Department posted a video to its Facebook page that captures the man robbing a Country Inn and Suites on Monday night.
The suspect was wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt, jeans, white shoes and a white shirt around his face along with a University of Alabama "sock hat" on his head, police said.
The surveillance footage from the hotel captured the man brandishing a gun and having the clerk throw money onto the hotel's front desk.
Before the clerk takes out the money, the robber is seen trying to climb over and behind the desk.
But the clerk pushes him back over to the other side.
The clerk then throws the money out onto the desk, and the suspect places his gun down on the countertop to put the money into a plastic bag.
That's when the clerk grabs the handgun and points it at the robber, who quickly scrambles out the front door of the hotel.
But he soon comes back inside and tries to get over the desk in an apparent attempt to get the gun from the clerk. But she again stands her ground and points the gun at him, causing him to turn and run back outside.
According to Paducah police, the robber fled in a car, and a white shirt and Alabama hat was later found near the hotel.
On Tuesday, Paducah police announced that Cory T. Phillips, 26, of West Paducah, Kentucky, was arrested after a traffic stop and charged with first-degree robbery and receiving stolen property in connection with the hotel incident.
Phillips was pulled over Tuesday by a McCracken County Sheriff's Office deputy who saw Phillips was not wearing a seat belt, according to police.
The deputy found a stolen laptop in Phillips' car and later determined the gun used in the hotel robbery had also been stolen, according to police.
Phillips was booked into the McCracken County Regional Jail, according to police.