Police need help identifying three suspects from Harrisburg pharmacy robbery
Harrisburg police need help identifying three suspects they say got away with around 2000 hydrocodone pills in a pharmacy robbery on Saturday.
Officers were dispatched to the Rite Aid at 2103 N Third Street around 4:53 p.m. Saturday, for a report of a robbery.
Employees told police three people came into the store, with one staying at the front and the other two going to the pharmacy and jumping the counter, police said. One suspect hit a pharmacist over the head with a gun.
One robber demanded a pharmacist provide “Oxys,” but the pharmacist told the robbers they had none. Instead, the pharmacist gave the robber “around 2000 hydrocodone pills,” police said.
All three then fled the store, police said. A pharmacist suffered a minor injury to the back of his head, police said. There were about ten customers in the store at the time of the robbery.
All three suspects were wearing gloves, masks and carried firearms, police said.
The first robber was described by police as wearing a dark jacket, ripped and faded jeans and sky-blue Nike shoes with a white sole and white “Swoosh” symbol.
The second robber was described as wearing a dark jacket, ripped jeans and black and white running shoes.
The third robber was described as wearing a black short-sleeve T-shirt over a white long-sleeve T-shirt, black pants and black shoes.
Dauphin County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $2,000 reward for information that leads to successful prosecution of the case.
Anyone with information is asked to call Harrisburg Bureau of Police at 717-255-3118, or submit a tip through Crimewatch.
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I’ve seen missing dog’s pictured on poster’s with distraught owner’s offering 2g’s for their beloved lost or stolen “FIDO”! Pathetic that human live’s are not valued in this situation! Find a new job guy’s…Rite-Aid is Wrong-Aid for not kicking in a hefty sum to help catch the crooks who hurt one of their own!
A $2000 reward only? Let’s see since the CDC guidelines came into play the street drug value for each hydrocodone 10 325 can be at least $10 bucks a piece. All they managed to do besides drive up the price and make people want to die because we are forced into severe pain. These robberies will continue to happen at alarming rates as people become more desperate to live. So we can add this to the long lists of things they had a duty of care obligation and FAILED. I seriously doubt anybody will tell on them for a measly $2g’s besides why would anyone point the finger at 3 people bold enough to rob a pharmacy during the day? I hope they get away and I hope they did it out of desperation for a suffering loved one. Im glad no one was seriously hurt but we all know how even the pharmacy are out to get us also and would rather not fill our opioids rx because their job is more important than our lives.