A robber stuck his fingers in the register. That's when the clerk made a quick move.

An inept armed robber tried to hit a Pompano Beach BP station and got caught with his fingers in the register — by force.

This slice of convenience store life from June 15 was caught on video released Monday by Broward Sheriff's Office.

Around 10 p.m., a six-foot man with dreads, a black head wrap, sweater and pants asks to buy something from behind the counter. When the cashier rings up the item, the criminal reveals his true intentions along with a gun. He reaches into the register, but the cashier quickly shuts the drawer on his digits.

Metacarpals mangled, the would-be robber retreated to a license plate-free dark gray Volkswagen Jetta and made a successful getaway from his failure.

Anyone who knows anything about this can contact BSO Detective Robert Sokol at 954-321-4547 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or via the Broward Crime Stoppers website.

This story was originally published July 9, 2018 at 3:13 PM.