Dunkin' Donuts worker stops robbery -- with hot coffee By LeAnne Gendreau, NBCConnecticut.com When a man tried to rob a Dunkin" Donuts in Connecticut on Saturday night, an employee acted quickly and stopped him with the closest weapon available -- hot coffee. The attempted robbery happened shortly after 11 p.m. at a Dunkin' Donuts in West Haven, when a man pulled up to the drive-through and asked the clerk for change for a $100 bill, according to Sgt. David Tammaro, of the West Haven Police Department. When the clerk refused to make the change, the man said this was a robbery and tried to climb through the drive-through window, police said. More from NBCConnecticut.com That is when the clerk threw hot coffee in man's face, police said. The man fled the area in a newer model white Ford Explorer without stealing anything, according to a news release from police.