Suspected CVS Pharmacy Robber In Custody: Petaluma Police

PETALUMA, CA — A Petaluma man has been arrested on suspicion of robbing prescription medication earlier this week from CVS pharmacy at 291 N. McDowell Blvd., police said. Seth Favor, 41, was taken into custody at 1:53 p.m. Thursday in a high-risk traffic stop on East Washington Street at Fairgrounds Drive, according to a news release from the Petaluma Police Department.

Favot is accused of handing a note demanding prescription medication to a pharmacy clerk at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13. The note demanded prescription medication and indicated no one would be hurt if the demand was met, according to Petaluma police Sgt. Rick Cox

The clerk complied and gave the suspect prescription medication; the robber then left the store and went in an unknown direction, Cox said.

In a follow-up news release Thursday night, Petaluma police Detective Ryan McGreevy said once Favot was identified as the suspect, a warrant was obtained for his arrest.

When officers spotted Favot Thursday afternoon driving on East Washington Street, they conducted a "high-risk traffic stop" and took him into custody without further incident, McGreevy said.

"Evidence related to the robbery was located in the vehicle," McGreevy said.

Favot remained behind bars Friday morning in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to Sonoma County jail records. He is due in court Monday, Aug. 19.

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