A Market Street man who didn’t want to or couldn’t pay for his woman friend’s cigarettes instead got a trip to jail Thursday morning.

Warren police said Jeremy Kilduff, 39, of 162 Market St., walked into the Market Street Cumberland Farms around 6:30 a.m. Thursday with a female friend, of the same address.

The two approached the counter and asked for a pack of smokes, but the woman’s debit card kept getting declined. After several attempts she asked the clerk if he could hold off charging her until the next day.

“The clerk informs here that he cannot do that,” Deputy Warren Police Chief Joseph Loiselle said.

That’s when Mr. Kilduff allegedly intervened, telling the clerk that he would soon be coming in to a large amount of money and that he would give him a “kickback” if he agreed to hand over the smokes.

“The clerk once again informs the defendant that he can’t do that,” Deputy Chief Loiselle said.

At that, the woman asked Mr. Kilduff if she could use his debit card, and he replied that while he did not have a debit card with him, he did have a gun.

“The clerk, not knowing if he is being threatened but fearing the possibility, gives the cigarettes to the defendant and both the defendant and the female exit the store.”

After they left, the clerk quickly called police, who caught up to the pair in the convenience store parking lot. Officers Marc Ferreira and Don Lanoie ordered Mr. Kilduff to show his hands, but he did not comply. Officers had to physically restrain him, and after he was in custody they determined that he did not, in fact, have a gun on him. Mr. Kilduff was taken to the station, charged and later arraigned with disorderly conduct.

There was no word on what became of the cigarettes.