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A man tried to rob a Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse store in Kissimmee, Fla., holding a pair of scissors to a clerk’s throat. But the clerk, aided by customers, not only overpowered the robber, they were able to chase him out of the store and across the street, where he hopped over a brick wall. That didn’t help much: he stood out at the resort behind the wall as he was one of the few people inside wearing clothes; the resort is clothing-optional. Milton J. Hodges Jr, 20, allegedly pulled a knife when surrounded by responding sheriff’s deputies, and was arrested at gunpoint. He faces at least 10 felony charges, plus a charge of being a fugitive after fleeing charges relating to an earlier robbery, and is being held without bail. (RC/Orlando Sentinel) ...One way or another, this was going to end with him being stripped.