Robber Gets Cold Feet In Ice Cream Store

What’s the definition of dumb? How about a guy who tries to rob an ice cream store during a snowstorm?

The heaviest snow of the winter was falling Friday night in Yakima. Andy Reed, owner of a Baskin-Robbins franchise, was about to close early because he hadn’t seen a customer in nearly a half-hour.

Then, in walked the guy wearing the ski mask.

“He was saying things like how cold it was outside,” Weed said. “I thought it was kind of strange that he was standing there with a ski mask on, but you meet all kinds down here.”

The man asked for a scoop of the flavor of the month, and Weed obliged.

Still wearing the mask, the man fumbled for money to pay the tab. He managed to find enough coins, which he plopped on the counter.

Ice cream cone in hand, he started toward the door, but pulled out a small knife and turned back toward the counter. Weed said he jumped back from the cash register as the man started pounding on it to force it open.

“He was cursing and banging on it,” Weed said. “I heaved some stuff at him.”

The would-be robber was further hampered by his refusal to drop his cone. Eventually, he gave up trying to open the cash drawer and fled, not even grabbing the money he’d left on the counter, police said.

The man is described as in his 20s, 5-feet-11, about 170 pounds and wearing a cream-colored ski mask, dark clothing and carrying a cone of Swiss chocolate.