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Leonard D. Lee, 24, was captured just minutes after he robbed A & B Package Store at 161 Pelham St., police said.

He allegedly entered the store around 9 p.m. and distracted the clerk by asking where he could find a $200 bottle of Hennessey. Instead, he grabbed two bottles of Moet champagne, which cost $38 a piece, and two bottles of tequila valued at nearly $100 and bolted.

Minutes later, Lee, whose last known address was in Lawrence, was arrested on Pelham Street a short distance from the store and charged with armed robbery, larceny of property valued under $250, threatening to commit murder, and unlawful possession of ammunition, police said.