Robbery suspect warded off with broom

SOMERSET, Pa., May 7 (UPI) -- Police said a broom-wielding customer at a Somerset, Pa., Dollar General Store fought off an attempted robber who was armed with a knife.

Pennsylvania state police alleged Jarrad Tall, 32, pulled out a knife at the store Tuesday evening and demanded money from employees, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Wednesday.

However, a quick-thinking male customer grabbed a broom and struck the suspect until he fled the store and drove off in a waiting car.

Investigators said witnesses gave them the license plate number on the getaway car and Tall was arrested after troopers found the vehicle parked in the Roof Garden Trailer Park.

Tall was arraigned on multiple charges, including robbery, and taken to the county jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.