I’ve heard of crying to get out of a traffic ticket, but I’ve never heard of crying in order to get out of being robbed…until now!  Police in Indianapolis say an armed robber spent nearly 10 minutes on his knees praying with a clerk at an Indianapolis check-cashing business before fleeing with $20 from the register and the clerk’s cell phone.  The robbery took an unusual turn after the clerk starting crying and talking about God.

The gunman said he had a 2-year-old child to support and asked for prayer about overcoming his hardships.  So, the clerk invited the gunman to come around the counter for a time of prayer.  Police say the man removed the bullet from his gun and gave it to the clerk before kneeling for prayer.  All of this was captured on the store’s security camera.

After saying “Amen,” the gunman got up, took a twenty dollar bill, grabbed the clerk’s cell phone, and ran out. Later, however, the suspect, turned himself in after his mother saw him on television.

One investigator said this about the bizarre robbery: “I’ve been an investigator for three years now and I’ve never seen anything like this. Especially one where the robber reaches out to hug the victim and then the victim later on hugs the suspect. Very unusual.”

For sure, the clerk gets my “Missional Living Person of the Week Award!”