Loot’s weight foiled Brighton robber, police say

An 18-year-old man was arrested just minutes after he robbed a Brighton convenience store at gunpoint Monday night, police said, adding that his effort to escape was slowed by the $300 in coins the clerk had handed over during the crime. (Full article: 290 words)

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