This Portland Oregon carwash attendant gave sweet justice to a would be robber in the form of a high powered blast from a eco-friendly water sprayer. Wonder who’s got coal in their stocking this Christmas.

The Washman Carwash bills itself as “brushless and environmentally friendly.”

But what’s an employee to do when a masked robber confronts him in broad daylight, armed with a handgun, and demands money?

Chris B. Truax, a 25-year-old worker at the carwash off Northeast 81st Avenue, reacted quickly and stayed true to his business’s motto.

He rebuffed the robber with a high-intensity power washer, sending the suspect running from the spray of a lukewarm water and soap mixture.

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Man accused of ramming wheelchair into officer
CINCINNATI – A 45-year-old paraplegic rammed his wheelchair into an officer, threw urine from his catheter bag a patrol car and spat at the officer, police said Sunday. Ralph Evegan was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer, obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.

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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Eau Claire police said a man accused of stealing a soda worth $1.57 chose to go to jail rather than pay up, even though he was carrying more than $70. Police responding to the report of a theft recently say the 27-year-old man appeared drunk. An employee told officers the man had taken a cup from the counter, filled it and began drinking.

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CHICAGO – The robber’s threatening note made a Chicago bank job easy to solve: The FBI says the suspect wrote it on his pay stub. An FBI affidavit said the man walked into a Fifth Third Bank on Friday and handed a teller a note that read “Be Quick Be Quit (sic). Give your cash or I’ll shoot.”

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