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Mass. man accused of trying to swap baby for beers

Authorities say a Massachusetts man offered to give his 3-month-old daughter to a maintenance man outside a gas station convenience store in exchange for a pair of 40-ounce beers. Chicopee police say 24-year-old Matthew Brace of Northampton made the offer on Monday. The maintenance man called police, who found Brace hiding with the girl behind a trash container. State child welfare officials took the baby into custody.
Police say Brace was not arrested but will be summoned to court to face a charge of reckless endangerment of a child. The child's mother was in the store at the time buying cigarettes. She has not been charged.