Good Samaritans foil attempted robbery in PA

BRISTOL TWP., Pa. -- Good Samaritans are to thank for a man being arrested after allegedly trying to attack and rob a woman in Bucks County.

Sixty-year-old George Blackwell of Levittown is charged with simple assault, aggravated assault, theft, robbery and related offenses.

The incident happened Saturday outside the Queen Anne Shopping Center in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania.

Police say Blackwell tried to rob the woman, but passersby came to her aid and held him down until officers arrived.

The take down was caught on viewer video.

Blackwell is being held on $100,000 bail.