Police say a North Portland adult video store clerk captured an alleged robbery suspect early Friday morning.

Shortly before 6:50 a.m., officers responded to a robbery alarm at Fat Cobra Video, 5940 N. Interstate Ave.

The owner told police an employee had taken General J. Bell, 56, into custody, choked him into submission and was standing over him with a billy club, said Sgt. Pete Simpson, a police spokesman.

Bell walked into the business, implied he had a weapon and demanded money before the clerk choked him, Simpson said. The suspect was conscious and breathing when he was taken to an area hospital.

Bell was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on a robbery charge after being released from the hospital.