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    8-year-old girl beats robber with baseball bat at liquor store: video

    By Emily Crane,

    2024-08-14

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    A brave 8-year-old girl managed to help thwart a robbery at her father’s Minnesota liquor store after she repeatedly beat the alleged Amazon worker perp with a baseball bat, surveillance video shows.

    The little girl took on the alleged would-be robber — since identified as Conchobhar Morrell, 37 — after he entered Big Discount Liquors store in Maplewood at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday and pulled out what appeared to be a handgun.

    “He put the gun on the table, he asked me to give him all the money and everything in the register, I told him, ‘Yes — I’ll give you everything,'” the girl’s dad, only identified as Leo, told CBS News .

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    The 8-year-old girl took on the alleged would-be robber inside the Big Discount Liquors store in Maplewood, Minn., on Saturday night. Big Discount Liquors Maplewood

    As the store clerk was scrambling to retrieve the cash, the suspect — who was wearing an Amazon uniform — allegedly tried to storm behind the counter where the youngster was standing.

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    Surveillance video captured the dad quickly punching Morrell and wrestling him to floor before the girl stepped up to help.

    She could be seen arming herself with the bat and repeatedly striking the suspect as her father tried to pin Morrell down, the clip shows.

    The shocked father said he wasn’t even aware his daughter had stepped in until he played back the surveillance footage in the aftermath.

    “I’m so proud of her, she’s so strong,” the clerk said.

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    The suspect, who was wearing an Amazon uniform, allegedly tried to storm behind the counter where the youngster was standing after entering the store. Big Discount Liquors Maplewood
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    Morrell was charged with first-degree attempted aggravated robbery. Ramsey County Jail

    “That day, I just wanted to cry. When I saw the video, I didn’t expect she’d do that. I expect a little girl crying, screaming.”

    Morrell ended up fleeing the store just moments later but was nabbed nearby, cops said.

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    He was charged with first-degree attempted aggravated robbery over the ordeal.

    The apparent firearm he initially brandished ended up being a BB gun, according to police.

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    The girl’s dad, only identified as Leo, said he didn’t even realize his daughter had tried to help until watching the CCTV video. WCCO

    Meanwhile, an Amazon spokesperson said Morrell had been working as a delivery associate for a third-party service.

    He will be “immediately offboarded” in the wake of his arrest, the rep said.

    Morrell is being held in custody ahead of his initial court hearing on Friday.

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    Gregg Browder
    19d ago
    Now children are having to protect themselves and others in lawless America.Jesus wept.
    Guest
    30d ago
    You go girl
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