K-Mart Shoppers Capture Suspect

Attention K-Mart shoppers: robbery in aisle one.

A cashier’s scream mobilized about a half dozen K-Mart shoppers Saturday, and they chased down and captured a man police said had just robbed the store.

Tirar Tortorello, 25, is being held on charges of strong-arm robbery.

Police said the robber waited in line with a couple of small items then, when the cashier opened the register to make change, pushed her, grabbed money from her drawer and took off.

K-Mart security manager Russ Clark said five or six shoppers heard the scream and took off after the robber.

Police said the man ran down the road, and motorists got out of their cars and joined the chase. The posse caught up with the robber about a quarter mile away.