The Baltimore Guide's police blotter for South and Southeast Baltimore often contains perhaps unintentional themes. This week in the Southeast, business owners fight back:

Fell Street, 900 block, March 13, 1:14 a.m. Police reported to a bar in response to a robbery, and an employee told them that a man who had been drinking in the bar had gone to use the bathroom during last call, and upon re-emerging, pulled a gun on the employee and said, “Give me the money; I’m not f-—ing kidding.” The employee took money from the register and the man demanded more. Bar employees tackled him and the man wiggled out of his jacket and fled after a struggle. The money was left in the pocket.

Fleet Street, 2000 block, March 13, 5:59 a.m. A man entered a convenience store and grabbed money from the register, then fled after unsuccessfully trying to convince an employee to open the safe.

Eastern Avenue, 3500 block, March 13, 2:59 p.m. Police responded to the report of an attempted robbery at a mattress store and arrested a suspect. It was revealed the man had entered and demanded money. An employee beat the man with a table leg and kept him cornered until officers arrived.