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SEE IT: Deli Worker Pulls Machete On Would-Be Robber On Long Island

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A robber picked the wrong bodega to mess with on Long Island.

The woman behind the counter at Deli Pupuseria in Huntington Station pulled out a machete after 35-year-old Carlos Garcia, of Huntington Station, burst into the store brandishing a gun on Wednesday.

Deli Robbery Suspects
Carlos Garcia, 35, and Angela Reilly, 53. (credit: Suffolk County Police Department)

Garcia can be seen on surveillance video slowly backing away as the owner threatens him with a large blade.

Authorities later arrested Garcia, as well as his alleged accomplice 53-year-old Angela Reilly, in connection to a string of robbers over the past month and a half.

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