Stop. Hammertime.

From the Decatur Daily News:

"Armed with pepper spray and a hammer, a man allegedly sprayed a female employee Thursday afternoon during the robbery of a local pawn shop.

The investigator said the man entered A-1 Title Pawn on U.S. 72 at 3:38 p.m.

"He sprayed the employee and demanded money. She screamed and ran next door."
The investigator said the man then allegedly grabbed an undisclosed amount of money and "took off running." The employee received medical treatment at the scene.
Witnesses gave police a description of the man, which helped patrol officers locate him within 15 minutes.

Police transferred the man to the Limestone County Jail on $35,000 bond. He is charged with first-degree robbery. "

And later the local CBS affiliate shared with us his further exploits:

"Athens police have arrested a 25-year old Huntsville man who is accused of bribing the woman he robbed and pepper sprayed in June.
Investigators say the man telephoned his victim and offered to put money in her bank account if she would not prosecute.
The man tells a different story, saying he wanted to give her the money for a security system at her business.
He is charged with bribery."

I guess he wanted to buy her a security system so that he wouldn't be tempted to rob her at hammer-point again?

It's stuff like this that makes me really glad I broke up with him.