Brookline Police charge a couple of 19-year-olds tried to end an argument with a weapon in a Pine Manor College parking lot early yesterday morning:

Police spoke to one of the witnesses who said one of her friends and her former boyfriend had gotten into an argument in the parking lot that eventually led to the male physically sticking the female. The witness then explained that the suspect's accomplice displayed what appeared to be a gun. It was then reported that the victim and several others while in fear of being assaulted by a gun ran and were subsequently chased by the man and his friends. The suspect and his friend were arrested, and police were able to confiscate a knife, and a Marijuana pipe.

Both were charged with simple assault and battery and assault with a firearm. One of the two is listed as a student "mentor" at Mt. Ida College in Newton.

Also yesterday, an area man learned that if you lift a pair of headphones from the Coolidge Corner Radio Shack, you might want to wait more than 10 minutes to try to return it for cash.