Robber paid $1 for gum

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 20 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a robber paid $1 for a pack of gum when store clerks explained they couldn't open the register without a purchase.

Fort Lauderdale police said the unidentified robber pointed a gun at an employee of the 1939 NW Ninth Ave. Family Dollar store June 1 and ordered a second clerk to open the register, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday.

However, the clerks explained they could not open the register unless a purchase was made, and the robber took $1 from his pocket and paid for a pack of gum, police said.

Police said the man fled with the money from the register, including his $1. The incident was recorded by security cameras.

Investigators said the same man entered the neighboring Caribbean Mizik at 11:50 a.m. the following day and took money from the register.