Drugstore cowboy strikes again, hits Nob Hill CVS
From the Article
The man wanted in a string of pharmacy robberies in San Francisco since late October might have struck again.
A suspect walked up to the pharmacy window of a business in the 1000 block of Hyde Street about 8:55 p.m. Friday and showed a handgun to an employee and demanded medication, police said. A CVS is located on that block.
The 27-year-old pharmacist behind the counter complied and gave the suspect several bottles of medication, police said. It is unknown how much or what type of medication the man took.
There have been six other robberies of pharmacies in San Francisco since Oct. 30, and in each of them the suspect description has been similar to this latest incident.
The suspect in all of the robberies was described by police as an Asian man in his 20s, ranging from 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 with a medium build. In some of the earlier robberies in San Francisco, he was said to be wearing white face paint and an orange-reddish wig.
What I find fairly humorous is that our daughter lived in San Francisco for a few years and seeing someone in some parts of that town with a white face paint and orange-red wig… would not be considered unusual.
Why try and pass a forged Rx when you can just rob a pharmacy and get a few bottles of 100’s, 500’s or 1000’s ?
Why would someone rob a bank.. if they need money.. there is less security at the typical chain pharmacy and you can just sell the drugs on the street for money. If you don’t get the drugs you like… you can trade them with someone for the drugs that you do like … and you don’t have to deal with those bothersome “die packs” that the banks use.
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And while the robbers get charged with felonies for robbing the pharmacy, it’s not the DEA or even the FBI that goes after them, it’s the local DA and police, the DEA have nothing to do with it except to file the paperwork of what drugs were stolen. Yep, we are all redshirts here. No new info being put out here, it’s already a given. This is how the stuff is primarily getting on the streets, not the bad scripts or the prescribers. They already know how the survellience systems work, they’re pros William. How high of a body count is it going to take before CC laws are rewritten to allow workplace carry in a pharmacy regardless of the chain policy? If they know someones carrying in the workplace, they re less likely to try….yeah, your GunFree Zones are working well. Stick a sign on the door….this place is protected by Smith and Wesson
Actually, I think that if you read up on your law.. in the early 70’s it became a FEDERAL OFFENSE – just like robbing a bank – when stealing controlled substances from a pharmacy.. About the same time that the BNDD became the DEA.. apparently the DEA doesn’t see the need to enforce that law.. Waste of time.. ??? waste of resources ??? not big enough HEADLINES for busting a robber ??
Yes, steve… we need more people opting to rob pharmacies instead of banks. thank you for providing this important advice to potential criminals. all are grateful for your advocacy of the evildoers. one important point you neglected to mention is that robbing a bank is a federal offense whereas robbing a pharmacy is not. so while pharmacy robbery can be just as lucrative as bank robbery, the downside risk is greatly reduced.
once again, from all of us out here in the world, we thank you for your concern.