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December 27, 2005

Former Sox pitcher Reardon arrested on robbery charges

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Former Boston Red Sox reliever Jeff Reardon was arrested on charges he robbed a jewelry store in Florida.

Reardon, 50, a native of Dalton, Mass., walked into Hamilton Jewelers at the Gardens Mall about 11:50 a.m. yesterday and handed an employee a note that said he had a gun and the store was being robbed, according to the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department.

Reardon fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police found him at a nearby restaurant, recovered the stolen money and charged him with armed robbery.

The Associated Press

Reardon was in the Palm Beach County jail early today awaiting a bond hearing.

The four-time All-Star was 73-77 with 367 saves and a 3.16 ERA in 16 seasons with the Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins, as well as Boston from 1990-1992.

A star at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, he was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1977.

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