Broomstick beats back sword in Tallahassee beer battle

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)  A battle for beer pitting a sword-wielding robber against a convenience store owner armed with a broomstick went to the store owner.

Tallahassee police reports say an officer driving by the store Thursday night saw a man acting suspiciously while leaving the store and detained him after the store owner started yelling, “Stop him.”

Police said 47-year-old Reginald Lide went in the store holding a sword upright and demanding a beer. The store owner defended himself with a broomstick before the man fled.

Officers recovered a 2-foot-long sword and charged Lide with robbery with a weapon. He was being held at Leon County jail Friday afternoon. Jail records didn’t list an attorney.

It was the fifth time since October that Lide has been arrested in Tallahassee.

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