VIDEO: Lawn Worker Sees Bandits Stealing Tools, Swats Suspects With Weed Eater to Protect Property

A lawncare worker with a weed eater confronts a suspect who allegedly stole several hundred dollars' worth of equipment on March 30; (Inset) Jerell Alexander, 24, was charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Courtesy of Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Office

Thieves tasted a lashing from a contractor’s weed eater as they drove off with several pieces of his equipment at a job site in Houston.

A lawncare worker trimming a client’s grass with his weed eater on March 30 saw two cars, a red Nissan and black Mercedes, pull up alongside his lawn equipment, parked several houses down on 8200 block of Renmark Lane.