September 25, 2012

Maine Rite Aid robbery thwarted by store employee

Kennebec Journal staff report

PITTSFIELD — An attempted robbery of a Rite Aid pharmacy failed this morning when a store employee refused a demand for drugs.

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Police are looking for the man in this security camera photo for attempting to rob a Rite Aid pharmacy in Pittsfield on Tuesday.

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Pittsfield Police search for a suspect in Pittsfield on Tuesday after a man handed a note to an employee demanding drugs. The suspect left the store without drugs and did not reveal the gun that he claimed he had.

David Leaming / Staff Photographer

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Pittsfield police Chief Steve Emery said the employee told the would-be robber that "you are not leaving here with any drugs."

The suspect, a man in his 30's wearing a bandana over his his head and oversized sunglasses, according to Emery, gave an employee a note demanding drugs about 10:48 this morning. The man said he had a gun, but didn't show it in the store, according to Emery.

Pittsfield police began a search for the suspect a short time later in the area surrounding the Somerset Avenue store near Interstate 95. Searchers include Somerset County Sheriff's deputies and Maine State Police with a tracking dog.

The same store was robbed of drugs in May and October.

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Police are looking for the man in this security camera photo for attempting to rob a Rite Aid pharmacy in Pittsfield on Tuesday.

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SECOND TIME: Pittsfield Police Chief Steven Emery, left, and officer Tim Roussin outside the RiteAid store in Pittsfield on Tuesday shortly after a male suspect handed a note to an employee demanding drugs. The suspect left the store without drugs and did not reveal the gun that he claimed he had.

Staff photo by David Leaming

 


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