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LEOMINSTER, Mass., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Police in Massachusetts said an accused purse snatcher was arrested after he bummed a cigarette from his alleged victim two days later.
Leominster police said the woman, whose purse was taken at knifepoint Saturday at the Heritage Gardens apartment complex, recognized Malek Matos, 25, of Fitchburg, when he asked her for a cigarette Monday outside the Registry of Motor Vehicles, the Worcester Telegram reported Thursday.
The woman told RMV employees and they called police.
Matos was arrested and charged with armed robbery. He was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 bail.
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