POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A diner employee scared off a potentially robber in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
It happened just before midnight on Saturday at the Acropolis Diner on Main Street.
Police said 55-year-old Anthony Vero tried to rob the diner, but was unsuccessful.
On his way out, he tried to rob a woman entering the diner.
That's when the diner employee chased off the suspect.
The next day, detectives arrested Vero.
Vero was charged with attempted robbery and is currently under parole supervision for a 2008 robbery conviction.