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New Port Richey Police Make Arrest In Armed Robbery Of Pharmacy

Police have arrested a man accused of robbing the Mass Pharmacy, stealing dozens of narcotics bottles.

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New Port Richey police are searching for a man who took an employee hostage at gunpoint at the Mass Pharmacy and made the employee open a safe where medications are stored. (NPR Police )
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New Port Richey have arrested Edmund Pendleton in connection with the armed robbery gunpoint of the Mass Pharmacy. (NPR Police)
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New Port Richey have arrested Edmund Pendleton in connection with the armed robbery gunpoint of the Mass Pharmacy. (NPR Police)

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — New Port Richey police have arrested a 50-old-man accused of taking an employee hostage at gunpoint at the Mass Pharmacy and forcing the employee to open a safe where medications are stored.

Around 11 a.m. Tuesday, police say Edmund Pendleton entered the pharmacy in East Richey Square, 6518 Massachusetts Ave., brandished a gun and demanded narcotics.

When the employee opened the safe, Pendleton removed dozens of bottled of narcotics.

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He is charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and grand theft.

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Edmund Pendleton was arrested Wednesday.

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