DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton convenience store clerk was stabbed several times during a midnight robbery. The crime happened early Tuesday morning at the Dairy Mart on East Fifth Street in Dayton.

Police said the clerk, a veteran just out of the military, is alive thanks to his bulletproof best.

Authorities said thanks to the clerk's quick actions and citizen information, the man suspected in the robbery and stabbing, Charles King Jr., is behind bars at the Montgomery County Jail.

Police said the store is no stranger to robberies, which may explain why the clerk was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Officers said King first pretended to be a customer and then fought with the clerk as he tried to rob the place. Police said King then pulled out a knife and stabbed the clerk a half-dozen times.

Authorities said King was found around the corner sitting on a porch on McReynolds. They said he was arrested without incident.

King is being held on charges of felonious assault and aggravated robbery. He bond was set at $100,000.