{"id":8372,"date":"2018-03-06T10:02:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T17:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=8372"},"modified":"2018-03-06T11:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T18:47:39","slug":"video-watch-as-armed-robber-gets-locked-inside-store","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/video-watch-as-armed-robber-gets-locked-inside-store\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] Watch as Armed robber gets locked inside store, pleads to be released"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Bell attempted to rob the Latino Cellular store in Houston on April 17, 2017, but was locked inside the store by an employee. Bell tried shooting the door and begged to escape before he was arrested. (Houston Police Robbery Division)<\/p>\n

A robbery was thwarted at a Houston business when a quick-thinking worker exited the store and locked the would-be thief inside, Houston police said in a statement posted Wednesday, along with a newly released video of the incident.<\/p>\n

The suspect begged to be let out, but not before he tried to shoot the lock off the door, perhaps something he saw in the movies.<\/p>\n

John Bell, 22, pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and was sentenced to five years in prison on December 18, 2017 in connection with the April 2017 incident at Latino Cellular, according to the police statement.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what happened:<\/p>\n

Bell walked into the store and ordered an employee, identified by Houston news outlets as Katrina Leon, to open the cash register.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as he entered and he just pointed the gun at me, and I knew instantly I\u2019m getting robbed again, but this time I didn\u2019t open the cash register,\u201d Leon told ABC News.<\/p>\n

The video shows Leon declining Bell\u2019s request and then ushering another employee and a customer pushing a stroller out of the store.\u00a0Leon\u00a0then locked the door from the outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just locked him in, because when you lock the door outside, from the inside you can\u2019t open it, so I knew he wasn\u2019t going to be able to open it,\u201d Leon said.<\/p>\n

When Bell\u00a0realized he was locked in, he\u00a0pulled out a gun and repeatedly shot at the door. That didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

He then threw his body against the door and then kicked it, all to no avail.<\/p>\n

Bell lastly tried a different tactic: begging. He even dropped to his knees.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease! Please! Please!\u201d he yelled to people outside the store. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, please! Help, please!\u201d
\nHouston City police arrived quickly and arrested him.<\/p>\n

At the time of his arrest, Bell was on probation for an aggravated robbery he committed in 2015.<\/p>\n

Watch The Video Below:<\/p>\n

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