Store clerk uses axe handle to defend himself during robbery

WEBSTER, Mass. — A clerk was forced to defend himself when two people tried to rip him off.

It all happened Tuesday night when 26-year-old Charles Meseck allegedly tried to steal a bottle of liquor from Hank's Package store in Webster.

The clerk confronted them and pulled out an axe handle to defend himself, but that when surveillance video shows Meseck jump over the counter and begin fighting with the owner.

Surveillance video shows the fight move around the counter and then Meseck can be seen pushing the owner to the ground and hitting him with the axe handle.

Customers say the owner is a stand-up guy.

“Nicest guy I ever met. He doesn't bother nobody. He's not mean to a soul. I don't know why they even did that to him,” Shawn Rock said.

Meseck was found nearby and faces a long list of charges including attempted murder. Police said they are still looking for his accomplice.

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