96-Year-Old Store Owner To Burglar, ‘Take All The Tootsie Rolls’

A 96 year-old woman refused to become a victim when a would-be robber tried to steal from her store.

The elderly woman stood her ground in the face of danger and appeared to have the composure to suggest to the intruder that he could “take all her Tootsie rolls” but not her cash.

Margaretta Wolf has owned the family’s grocery store, Wolf’s Grocery Store in Marshfield, Wisconsin for 54 years and she was not about to let a robber take away her livelihood.

Marshfield police says that the robber probably thought the woman would be an easy target, but was in for a surprise as she didn’t back down.

“He said, ‘walk in the back of the store’, I said ‘I’m not walking no place, I’m standing right here’.” said Wolf.

Police say the man wearing a mask ordered Wolf to open the cash register.

“I said ‘I’m not opening up that cash register and that’s it, I’m not opening it’, I said, ‘you can have all the Tootsie Rolls you want but I am not opening that cash register’,” said Wolf.

When the 96-year-old woman refused, the would-be robber placed a pocketknife on the counter trying to intimidate her.

“I said I’ll press a button and I’ll have somebody here in seconds,” the brave woman told Newsline 9.

She says the man got frustrated, looked around, and noticed a security camera flashing a red light in the corner. Wolf says that’s when the man grabbed his knife and ran out the door.

“In this instance, certainly again while not recommended with what took place, we’re just very, very happy Marge was not injured,” said Marshfield Police Lt. Darren Larsen.

The reporter asked Wolfe what would she say to the burglar if she had the opportunity, to which she responded, “What do I say to him? I say ‘I think you got some punishments coming, and it will be a little bit more than scrubbing the floor’.” added Wolf.

What do you think of the 96-year-old woman’s actions?

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