Man tried knifepoint robbery in the South End but the victim resisted and then the cops showed up, police say

Boston Police report officers arrested a local man on armed-robbery charges for the way he tried and failed to hold somebody up at knifepoint at Massachusetts and Shawmut avenues around 5 p.m. on Friday.

Upon arrival, officers observed two males fighting with each other. Officers observed the suspect to be holding a knife and ordered him to drop it which he complied. Officers quickly placed the suspect into handcuffs.

Patrick O’Neill, 29, who was wearing a bandana around his face, was charged with assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and attempted armed robbery, police say.

Innocent, etc.