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Pharmacy Robbery

Smash-Grab Pharmacy Attempted Robbery Under Investigation In Darien Smash-Grab Pharmacy Attempted Robbery Under Investigation In Darien
Smash-Grab Pharmacy Attempted Robbery Under Investigation In Darien Police are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery attempt at a pharmacy in Fairfield County in which nothing was taken. The incident took place in Darien around 5:29 a.m., on Monday, Aug. 21 at Griebs Pharmacy at 1021 Post Road. According to Sgt. Dan Skoumbros of the Darien Police, officers responded to the pharmacy on an activated burglary alarm and found the front door smashed open. Officers reviewed video surveillance on the scene and determined that a vehicle pulled up to the pharmacy and three suspects exited the vehicle and approached the front door.  One of the suspe…
Gunman Stole $5,100 From South Jersey Walgreens Pharmacy: Police Gunman Stole $5,100 From South Jersey Walgreens Pharmacy: Police
Gunman Stole $5,100 From South Jersey Walgreens Pharmacy: Police Police are looking for an armed man in a tan Nike hoody who allegedly stole $5,100 from a South Jersey Walgreens pharmacy, authorities said. The robbery took place on Sunday, May 29 at 10:14 p.m., Bridgeton police said. Police responded to the Walgreens at 25 E. Broad St. for a report of a robbery. According to police reports, the suspect entered the store near closing time and requested to use the restroom. Shortly after, the suspect brandished a firearm and demanded money from the cashier, police said. The alleged gunman directed store employees to open the safe while holding them at g…
Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs
Feds: 'Extensive' Video Shows Gunman Robbing Trio Of NJ Phamarcies For Drugs Three different pharmacies in Elizabeth were robbed of medications by an Irvington man with the same MO, federal authorities charged. Charles Johnson, 28, was arrested after investigators reviewed "extensive" surveillance video following the holdups in June and July, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. Johnson took a similar approach each time, including "using a firearm, committing the robberies in the morning, demanding that employees of the pharmacies provide Johnson with oxycodone, promethazine, and other prescription medication, and threatening to shoot individuals i…
Know Them? Four Wanted For Monroe Rite Aid Robbery, Police Say Know Them? Four Wanted For Monroe Rite Aid Robbery, Police Say
Know Them? Four Wanted For Monroe Rite Aid Robbery, Police Say Four men wearing ski masks and face coverings are on the run after allegedly stealing thousands of pills at a Fairfield County Rite Aid store. The incident took place in Monroe around 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 13 at the Rite Aid Pharmacy located at 508 Monroe Turnpike. The men ordered employees to open the safe where narcotics are stored. Once the safe was opened, they emptied the contents and exited the store, said Lt. Michael Sweeney, of the Monroe Police Department. The men fled in a black sedan north on Monroe Turnpike. Responding officers from Monroe were una…
Trio Nabbed After Robbery Of Pharmacy In Yorktown Trio Nabbed After Robbery Of Pharmacy In Yorktown
Trio Nabbed After Robbery Of Pharmacy In Yorktown Three suspects who ransacked a pharmacy during a robbery in Northern Westchester are in custody after a manhunt, authorities announced. The incident happened on Thursday, June 30 at around 4:20 p.m. at the Yorktown Pharmacy on Commerce Street. When police identified the trio’s car and attempted to pull them over, the suspects fled on Underhill Avenue and eventually collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Route 118, Yorktown Police said. The passengers in the car hit by the suspects were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, said p…
Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber
Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber A Maryland man was extradited to Harrisburg for robbing multiple pharmacies across three states, according to Southern York Regional police. Jamal Alvin Lee Gwaltney, 30, of the 700 block of Villager Circle in Baltimore, MD, was arrested on July 19 in Maryland for armed robberies of pharmacies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. One of his most notable robberies was in Pennsylvania at a Rite Aid in Shrewsbury located at 577 South Main Street on Dec. 21, 2020. He held up the store with a Glock 23 handgun, stealing more than 80 different medications, worth nearly $36,000, according to …
SEE ANYTHING? Knife-Wielding Woman Wanted In Somerset County Oxycodone Robbery SEE ANYTHING? Knife-Wielding Woman Wanted In Somerset County Oxycodone Robbery
SEE Anything? Knife-Wielding Woman Wanted In Somerset County Oxycodone Robbery Police in Somerset County are seeking the public’s help identifying a knife-wielding woman they say threatened a pharmacist with a note then stole several hundred dollars’ worth of Oxycodone pills Monday afternoon. A woman approached the Riverwalk Pharmacy on Martinsville Road in Basking Ridge and asked to speak with the pharmacist shortly after 2:20 p.m., Bernards Township Police said in a release. When the pharmacist approached, the woman handed her a note threatening her safety and demanding Oxycodone pills, police said. The woman then wielded a knife and a can of pepper spray as the ph…
Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree
Ex-Con Charged In Gunpoint Essex Drugstore Robbery Spree Key pieces of evidence led to federal charges against an ex-con for robbing pharmacies in Belleville, East Orange and West Orange at gunpoint, authorities said Wednesday. Police recovered a gun in his girlfriend’s car that Malik Conley, 27, of Newark, used in the second holdup last December in Belleville, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Conley and an accomplice struck again a month later, this time in East Orange, Carpenito said, adding that keys to the vehicle used in that robbery were found in his pocket. Conley apparently acted alone in the Dec. 3 robbery in Belleville, an indictmen…
Photos Released Of Duo At Large After Armed Robbery At Long Island CVS Photos Released Of Duo At Large After Armed Robbery At Long Island CVS
Photos Released Of Duo At Large After Armed Robbery At Long Island CVS Photos have been released of two men who are on the loose after an early morning armed robbery at a Long Island pharmacy, police said. Detectives from the Suffolk County Major Case Unit are currently investigating an alleged armed robbery at 4:10 a.m. at CVS on Montauk Highway in West Islip on Thursday, June 18. Police said that two men entered CVS, with one man brandishing a handgun, with the other stealing prescription medication before fleeing the pharmacy. There were no injuries reported during the robbery. Investigators described the two suspects as being African American, in their e…
Police Need Help Identifying Gunpoint Pharmacy Robber Police Need Help Identifying Gunpoint Pharmacy Robber
Police Need Help Identifying Gunpoint Pharmacy Robber Police are asking the public for help identifying a man wanted in connection with a gunpoint robbery of a pharmacy. The incident took place in Dutchess County around 5:59 p.m., Friday, June 5, in the City of Poughkeepsie, said Det. Lt. Matt Clark. According to Clark, police received a report of a robbery at the Smith Street Pharmacy at 269 Mansion St., in the City of Poughkeepsie, in which a man armed with a gun demanded pain medication. Police were told by the pharmacy staff that the man, armed with a black and silver handgun entered the store, pointed the gun at them, and deman…