Neighbors intervene when man robs woman

EAST NEW YORK (WABC) -- Police say a recently paroled man was trying to rob a woman when residents jumped into action to help her.

"I heard her scream. What I saw was the black male on top of her," Oscar O'Bar said.

The sound of fear pierced the crisp, quiet night air on Crosby Street Monday around 8:00 p.m. in East New York.

It sent O'Bar's heart racing and adrenaline roaring.

"And then I when saw him grab her bag and ran I was like whoa! My first instinct was to chase him," he said.

O'Bar zoomed off after 29 year old Nathaniel Flowers for three blocks. O'Bar didn't see a gun, but neighbors saw the chase and their instincts kicked in too.

Flowers dove over a fence and tried to hide in a backyard. The entire neighborhood now wouldn't let him leave the block.

"He got trapped. Everybody chased him," O'Bar said.

With four sisters, and a handful of-nieces and grand-nieces, O'Bar says it was second nature.

"It's a macho thing, he broke the code against women," he said.

O'Bar, who is currently out of work, says his dream is to get a job as a New York City Sanitation worker.

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