'Give me the weed or I will shoot you': Man robbed near recreational pot shop

BROOKLINE, Mass. — A man has been arrested for an attempted armed robbery in Brookline.

Police were called to Brookline Village for a report that a person had been threatened with a firearm.

The man told he had just purchased marijuana at NETA Brookline and was walking home when a man on a squeaky bicycle approached him asking for a cigarette. The man told him he did not have one and then he crossed the street.

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The man again saw the man on the bike and was worried he was being followed.

While walking up Davis Avenue, he heard the squeaky bike again. When he turned around, the suspect appeared to be holding a small pistol and said, "Give me the weed or I will shoot you."

Brookline Police located the man responsible and arrested him for attempting armed robbery and resisting arrest.

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