Man Tries to Rob Store With Finger: Cops

Police are looking for the man who pretended his finger was a gun and tried to rob a New Haven convenience store on Saturday evening.

The would-be robber was wearing a full face mask and sunglasses when he passed a note to the clerk at the Sam's Mart at 14 Kimberly Avenue and demanded money, but he then pointed the finger of his bare hand at the clerk, police said.

He never tried to disguise the fact that he didn't have a weapon by putting it in his pocket, according to police, so the clerk grabbed the man's finger and told him he'd break it if he didn't get out of his shop.

The man ran off empty-handed.

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