There have been a number of heists involving Oxycontin in recent weeks, and now police are looking at similarities in some of them, wondering if the same people may be responsible. The Bee's police reporter, Ryan Lillis, has the story:
By Ryan Lillis
An East Sacramento pharmacy was robbed of the pain medication OxyContin Tuesday night and police are investigating whether the heist was connected to similar robberies in the region.
Two men went into the Sacramento Medical Park Pharmacy on the 5200 block of Elvas Avenue as the business was closing at 6 p.m., police said. They said they were armed and one of the men demanded to know where the OxyContin was kept.
The suspect then went behind the counter and filled his backpack with OxyContin and methadone before the pair ran out of the store and down 52nd Street, police said.
One of the suspects was a white man between the ages of 20 and 30 who stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 170 pounds, police said. He wore a white bandana, a black sweatshirt and dark pants.
The other suspect was a white man standing 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 220 pounds. He wore a black ski mask, a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.
Investigators are looking into whether the robbery was connected to a hold-up at a Roseville Walgreens last weekend, said Sacramento police Sgt. Matt Young.
In that incident, a man wearing a black mask jumped over the counter of the pharmacy on Foothills Boulevard and demanded OxyContin from the clerk, police said. The robber put several bottles of the drug and other narcotics in his backpack and took off.
No weapon was flashed during the robbery, police said.
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