A man was arrested after attempting to rob a Summit Store on Vernon Road with a hammer Sunday night. According to a LaGrange Police Department press release, Ravon Woods approached a store clerk with a hammer wrapped in a bag, said it was a gun and demanded money.

“The clerk realized it was [a hammer], and chased him out of the store with a bat,” said LPD Sgt. Robert Kirby. “Officers made contact with a guy down the street. He took off running and they caught up with him again at a house, and placed him under arrest for criminal attempt armed robbery.”

Woods is charged with criminal attempt armed robbery.

The same Summit gas station was robbed on Dec. 23, 2018.

Anyone with information on the case is encouraged to call the LPD at (706) 883-2603 or the Troup County Crime Stoppers at (706) 812-1000.