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Merchant, son thwart robbery

Police: Man tried to hold up liquor store with BB gun

Vannarithos Ross, owner of Methuen Package Store, served a customer yesterday. Ross, 52, and his son fought off a man who allegedly tried to hold up the store Thursday night. His son struck the man with a bottle of fish sauce during the struggle. Vannarithos Ross, owner of Methuen Package Store, served a customer yesterday. Ross, 52, and his son fought off a man who allegedly tried to hold up the store Thursday night. His son struck the man with a bottle of fish sauce during the struggle. (Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe)
By Claire Cummings
Globe Correspondent / August 4, 2007

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Vannarithros Ross stopped abruptly when he entered his Methuen liquor store Thursday night, staring in disbelief as his daughter stacked small piles of money on the counter with a weapon pointed in her face. (Full article: 501 words)

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