article_snippet: The would-be robber, who tried but failed to tie A 27-year-old son up to prevent his mother from calling the police, was arrested 90 minutes after the attempted theft around 12.45pm Friday afternoon.
article_snippet: his mother had told A 27-year-old son not to come by his mother's house.
article_snippet: his mother refused to be tied up and his mother attacker fled.
highlights_snippet: Austin Smith, 27, of Pekin, Illinois, was told not to come to his mother's .
  
highlights_snippet: Son tried to tie up his mother so his mother couldn't call the police, but failed .
  