FRESNO, CALIFORNIA — A 58-year-old man has been hailed a hero after he beat up a hoodlum who was trying to rob his local Starbucks. <br /> <br />The Fresno Bee reports that Cregg Jerri was seated at a table when a robber in a Transformers mask entered the store and made a beeline for the counter. He demanded money from the Starbucks clerk, threatening her with a fake gun and a knife. <br /> <br />Jerri saw what was happening and grabbed a chair, even as another employee looked on bemused and ever so chill. <br /> <br />Surveillance footage from inside the store shows Jerri whacking the robber from behind with the chair — twice. A wild fight ensued as both struggled to get to get the upper hand. <br /> <br />The thug stabbed Jerri in the neck at some point during the minute-long fight. But the older man was unfazed. He got hold of the weapon and stabbed the suspect’s face and torso with it. <br /> <br />The robber, later identified as 30-year-old Ryan Michael Forez, was a bloody mess but somehow managed to get away. Bystanders called police after noticing his bloodied state, but Florez reportedly told responding officers that he was a carjacking victim. <br /> <br />Unfortunately for him, the police figured out he was the Starbucks-robbin’ Optimus Prime, and he’ll be off to prison as soon as he gets out of the hospital. <br /> <br />Jerri, meanwhile, had to get staples to close up his neck wound, but is expected to be back saving coffee shops in no time.
