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Augusta Police Want Your Help to I.D. Suspect in Yet Another Pharmacy Robbery

Townsquare Media — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:33:14 +0000

There’s been yet another pharmacy robbery in Augusta. Augusta Police say the CVS Pharmacy on Stone Street was robbed Tuesday (Jan. 22) around 4pm. According to WABI, a man walked to the pharmacy counter and demanded prescription pills. The suspect is described as a white man in his late 20′s or early 30′s. He is [...]

Solution for Pharmacy Robberies: GPS Chips for Drug Bottles

Renee Nelson — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:45:51 +0000

Hey this was MY idea... GPS chips in certain drug bottles. Well, the New York Police Department wants pharmacies in and around NYC to fight prescription drug thefts by stocking pill bottles fitted with GPS tracking chips. With so many pharmacy robberies in Maine last year, we can see where this is a good idea.

Another Maine Pharmacy Robbery with a Quick Arrest

Renee Nelson — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:19:41 +0000

There was another pharmacy robbery Maine. This time in Sanford. However, there was a quick end to the story. The police got the guy about ten minutes after it happened. The guy went into Walgreens, showed a gun and demanded drugs. After he left the store he tried to get in a getaway vehicle. He [...]

Year End Numbers for Crime in Maine

Renee Nelson — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:21:44 +0000

Some numbers for crime and deaths for 2012 were down, but some were up. Maine had 22 homicides in 2012, slightly below the 10-year average. The state saw 19 fire deaths, down from 23 in 2011. The number of highway deaths for the year stands at 164, up from 136 in 2011 but still below the 10-year average. However, pharmacy robberies were a big issue.

One Maine Pharmacy is Starting to Add Security Guards-Rite Aid

Renee Nelson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:11:24 +0000

Rite-Aid in Bangor is going to be adding security guards to try and stop the wave of pharmacy robberies happening. While Augusta is the community with the most pharmacies for the year (so far), 4 of the 54 pharmacy robberies in Maine this year have been at the same Bangor Rite Aid.

CVS in Augusta Robbed for the Second Time in Two Weeks

Renee Nelson — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:05:16 +0000

Well, the number of pharmacy robberies in now at 53 for the Pine Tree State. The CVS pharmacy on Capital Street in Augusta was robbed of drugs for the second time this month and for the third time this year. It’s the second time in three days an Augusta drug store had been hit.

Pills? You Want Pills? Sorry, Buh Bye

Jon James — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:15:09 +0000

I cheered when I heard an employee at Rite Aid in Pittsfield, during the store’s third robbery in the last eleven months, told the would-be thief, who claimed to have a gun (but never showed it), “you aren’t getting pills.”The loser….errrr, robber, turned and walked out of the store. My first thought was good! [...]