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Talk of Jesus ends robbery try in Fla.

Stickup foiled when employee invokes Jesus Christ

Updated: Friday, 30 Jul 2010, 2:38 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 30 Jul 2010, 2:38 PM EDT

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve.

Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him.

He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect him with friends who could help him find work.

She says she believed the man when he said he attended church and wasn't a bad person. She told him the answer to his financial problems wasn't in the cash register.

Then, the clerk nudged him with a little sin of her own. She said the store would hold her responsible for any cash he stole.

Goncalves says, "I just wanted to remind him that he knew better."

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Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com

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