Providence Police arrest potato-wielding robbery suspect
By Alana Cerrone
The man caught on camera trying to hold up two businesses in
Police say Gary Deming stuck a potato to the end of a grill lighter and held it up to the clerk at a
The gas station manager was able to chase Deming off with a bat, and a laundromat worker gave him a fake $20 bill as a decoy.
Police arrested Deming Monday morning. He’s being charged with assault with intent to commit robbery.
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