The holiday was like a "Hallmark Christmas movie" for one Southie retail shop after a reported robbery and a chance encounter between the store's owners and a neighbor led to a record sales day for the small business.
Christopher Jimenez-Nunez, 19, of Framingham, was charged Wednesday in municipal court in South Boston with armed robbery with a firearm, armed robbery with a knife, and two counts of assault and battery in relation to the Nov. 15 incident.
The Archdiocese of Boston put Sister Mary Veronica Park on the market earlier this month, and neighbors are crossing their fingers that the property is not turned into housing.