The suspect turned himself in on Monday.
UPDATE (Tuesday, Nov. 27, 4:35 p.m.): The suspect in Saturday's robbery at the Hollin Hall Rite Aid turned himself in at the Mount Vernon Police District station. Mark Posey, 56, of Jackson Road was arrested yesterday and charged with robbery, said police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell. Keep up with crime, business and other local news with the Fort Hunt Patch email newsletter. Learn more here! -------- UPDATE (Monday, Nov. 26, 9:45 a.m.): Police are searching for the suspect in the robbery reported at the Rite Aid on Saturday afternoon. A white male, between the ages of 50 and 59 and medium build approached a cashier, implied a weapon and robbed the pharmacy, according to Fairfax County Police spokesperson Lucy Caldwell. The clerk complied …
No injuries were reported.
Fairfax County police are searching for a man who robbed a Fort Hunt pharmacy of prescription medications shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday. The robbery occurred at Rite Aid, 7968 Fort Hunt Road, in the Hollin Hall Shopping Center. No one was injured. Police said the man entered the store and handed a clerk a threatening note demanding prescription medications, including Dilaudid, a powerful painkiller. The clerk complied and handed over the medications, and the man ran from the store. He did not display a weapon. Police officers, a police helicopter and police dogs were used to help locate the man, who was not apprehended. Pain medications are among the medications most commonly stolen from pharmacies, said police spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell. “…
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4:45 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Just as banks have "dummy" cash that is used for robberies, so pharmacies should have on hand dummy drugs that look like the popularly robbed drugs but which are nothing but sugar. more ›