Car wash worker chases off robber, ends up in jail

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:25 AM EST

Article Source: Yahoo! News

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A car wash attendant chased off a would-be robber with a power washer — and for his trouble got thrown in jail on an old warrant. A gunman wearing a skeleton mask strolled into Washman Carwash in Portland on Dec. 13 and confronted employee Chris B. Truax. "Give me your money!" Truax remembers the man saying, producing what looked like a handgun. The weapon broke, Truax said, and the gunman stuck it back in his waistband.

Aha, Truax remembers thinking, a fake — emboldening him to lead the robber to the till in the car wash's tunnel.

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