Police: Bar patrons foil robbery, capture suspect
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Holbrook Backporch bartender Kristi Reikert talks about being robbed in Holbrook. (March 11, 2013)
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It wasn't your typical night, police said Monday, at Holbrooks Backporch, a neighborhood bar frequented by pool players -- especially on Sundays when games are free.
The evening was capped by an attempted robbery in which patrons and the owner subdued a knife-wielding man, police said.
Just before midnight, Suffolk police said, the robber, identified later as Joseph Spevak, 32, of Holbrook,...
