Largo police release video of Oxycontin robbery
LARGO -- Police want information about the man who robbed a Walgreens about 6 a.m. today at 2295 East Bay Drive. [Watch video]
The man is described as white, about 5 feet 9 inches and about 220 pounds with black medium-length hair. He was wearing khaki pants, a multicolored tie and a heavy black coat. He walked to the back of the store, pulled out a gun and demanded the drug Oxycontin.
After obtaining "a substantial amount" of the drug, the man left the store and escaped in a white 2006 or 2007 Honda Accord with a Florida license plate.
Largo Police ask anyone with information about this case to call Detective Keith Barton at (727) 587-6728 or (727) 587-6730.
-- Curtis Krueger, Times staff writer
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Posted by: Connor | March 27, 2008 at 03:56 PM
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Posted by: Dud | March 27, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Did Walgreen's hire extra off duty cops recently to guard all their stores in Tampa Bay?
Posted by: | March 27, 2008 at 07:40 PM
dang, that guy must be jonesing, or in a lot of pain. I would have grabbed a big ole Hershey bar on the way out too.
Posted by: Jeff | March 27, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Yeah Jeff or something to at least wash'em down with.
Posted by: Rodger | March 27, 2008 at 09:50 PM
He isn't thinking to clearly thats for sure. Oxycontin addiction is creating lots crime.
Posted by: nathan harris | April 01, 2008 at 09:42 PM