Crime & Safety

Man Arrested For Using Leaf Blower in Brookline

Brookline Police arrested a landscaper for violating local leaf-blower laws, according to The Boston Globe.

InΒ Brookline no one isΒ allowed to use gasoline-powered tools between May 15 and Sept. 15 and they are not allowed to perform landscaping work before 9 a.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Β Police say that there were twoΒ men who were working onΒ Yom Kippur.

One of the men identified himself to police and was issued a $100 fine. Β However, the other man refused to identify himself and was then arrested by police.


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