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Police make arrest in Rite Aid robbery
Updated: Thursday, 22 Jul 2010, 2:49 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 21 Jul 2010, 6:01 PM EDT
ALDEN, N.Y. (WIVB) - State Police have made an arrest in the robbery of a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Alden.
20-year-old Brandon Walker of Lancaster is being arraigned in the village of Alden. Police have charged him with robbery.
It was around 4:15 Tuesday afternoon when police say the suspect walked into a this Rite Aid on Broadway. Authorities say he approached the pharmacy with a note and left with prescription pills. Sources tell News 4 the man got away with hundreds of Oxycontin pills.
Steven Graap of the New York State Police said, "Things like this have been happening. Prescription drugs are becoming a new panacea in our communities."
Ken Chmielewski said, "I'm shocked, actually. Again, you don't see this happening in our town."
Managers closed the Rite Aid for a few hours when this happened on Tuesday. No one was hurt and the suspect never displayed a weapon of any kind.
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