Armed Man Holds Up Pharmacy In Watsonville

Police this morning are investigating a Tuesday night armed robbery in Watsonville.

Officers responded at 8:15 p.m. to the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 1988 Freedom Blvd. to a report of a robbery that had just occurred.

Rite Aid employees told police a man entered the store, approached the employees in the pharmacy department, displayed a firearm and demanded prescription drugs.

The pharmacy staff gave the man an undisclosed amount of medications, and the suspect fled the area, police said.

Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the Watsonville Police Department at (831) 471-1151, the anonymous tip line at (831) 768-3544 or the department’s investigations bureau at (831) 768-3352.

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