Crime & Safety

Monrovia Teen Fights Off Would-Be Robber with his Skateboard

A knife-wielding man attempting to rob a Monrovia teenager was foiled when the youth fought back with his skateboard. 

The teen was in the courtyard of an apartment building in the 100 block of West Colorado Boulevard at around 9:10 p.m. Thursday night when he was approached by a man with a knife, reported the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. 

The suspect demanded the skateboard and then fled after the teen struck him with it, reported the newspaper.

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