HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville police arrested a man whom officers report attempted to rob the Starbucks Coffee on Airport Road on Sunday morning.

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Police said Phillip Sawdey approached the cashier at the business and demanded "all the cash." The cashier told Sawdey she was unable to open the cash drawer and then offered him a coffee instead.

Phillip Sawdey (Photo contributed by Madison County Jail)

Sawdey took the coffee and left the store, the report shows, and officers found him walking in a nearby parking lot. Upon their investigation, they arrested Sawdey for robbery without incident.