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May 21, 2008

Two taken into custody after dispute over car-repair bill

JOHNSTON -- The police took two men into custody and confiscated a handgun earlier this afternoon when they went to a local service station to investigate a heated dispute over a repair bill.

During the argument at Hawk’s Mobil, 119 Greenville Ave., a customer pulled out a handgun, according to Johnston police Maj. Ralph Bubar III.

Detectives are waiting to review a surveillance tape and determine the precise circumstances that led the customer to display the gun, said Bubar, who declined to name the two men until authorities have decided if they will be charged.

The man who drew the gun does have a permit to carry the weapon, Bubar said.

The other man, an employee, allegedly wielded a bat during the argument, which was over a $2,500 car repair bill, according to the police.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

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