Carmichaels pharmacy robbery may be linked to Uniontown attempt
Uniontown police believe a pharmacy robbery in Carmichaels may be linked to an attempted pharmacy robbery in Uniontown.
Lt. Tom Kolencik said the descriptions of the suspect match in both cases.
Police said the suspect is a white man in his 20s with auburn hair and a beard. He was wearing a blue flannel shirt with the hood up and blue sweatpants.
Uniontown police responded to the attempted robbery at Rite Aid on Connellsville Street Saturday at about 2:30 p.m.
The pharmacy manager told police the man slid a note over the counter demanding Oxycotin and said to “give it to him and no one would get hurt.”
She told the suspect they did not have any in stock.
Police said he responded, “The guy outside is in charge.”
He asked for Vicodin instead, and she told him that was out of stock, too.
Police said he kept his right hand in his pocket while he slid the note across the counter.
About 45 minutes later, a suspect slid a note to a pharmacist at Gabler’s Drug Store in Carmichaels. The details of that note were not released, but police said the note requested drugs and said he had a gun.
He was given drugs and left the scene.