Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PARKLAND, Fla., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An 82-year-old greeter at a store in Florida foiled a would-be computer thief by making him drop the merchandise, authorities say. The Broward County Sheriff's Office said the suspect, described as an African-American in his 20s, tried to carry computers out of BJ's Wholesale in Parkland without paying Oct. 30, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday. Advertisement Octogenarian store employee Bernard Sobol noticed the alleged thief while checking a customer's receipt and began chasing him, investigators said. They said the man knocked Sobol to the ground, but the action caused him to drop the computers. A witness chased the man outside but abandoned the pursuit when the thief revealed a silver object concealed under his shirt. Sobol suffered a broken rib and some scratches. Investigators had yet to find the suspect.
