Customer slashes shoplifter at Grove Hall CVS

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Grove Hall CVS Customer Slashes Shoplifter, Police Say

Boston Police arrested a woman who slashed a man with a knife inside the CVS at 468 Blue Hill Avenue on Friday morning after she confronted him over an alleged shoplifting attempt. The man, who police say dropped his phone and ran, returned to retrieve it while brandishing his own knife, according to the report. The 60-year-old woman was held on $250 bail in Dorchester Municipal Court.

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