Police: Lotto Loser Pulls Knife on Store Clerk

LUFKIN – A Lufkin man is arrested Tuesday night after allegedly pulling a knife on a convenience store employee. Lufkin police say it happened in the 600 block of North Raguet Street. The employee tells officers a customer got mad when he was told his lottery tickets weren’t winning tickets. He says that’s when the man left without paying for soft drinks, pulled a knife, and threatened to kill the employee. Police say when they got to the store, they found the man with the knife still in his hand. They add that after asking him numerous times to drop it, officers finally used a TASER to control the man without seriously hurting him.

The man was booked into the Angelina County Jail on charges of aggravated robbery and resisting arrest with a deadly weapon. According to authorities, the man also refused to identify himself to police. Officers say his fingerprints will be entered into their system in the meantime. When he is identified, police say he will be charged with failure to identify.