NEW BEDFORD (AP) - Police in two southeastern Massachusetts communities say employees of local businesses thwarted robberies by fighting back.
New Bedford police says the owner of a downtown sub shop who is in his 60s swung his cane at a man who tried to grab the night deposit bag as he left for the night at about 3 a.m. Wednesday.
The would-be thief was struck several times by the owner of Sarducci's Subs and Pizza and ran off.
That thief ran away from Sunny's Convenience empty handed.
That incident occurred two days after a clerk at a Fall River convenience store struck a knife-wielding man trying to rob the store over the head with a jug of water, then whacked the suspect with a metal baseball bat.