Pharmacy Robber Identified As Ellicott City Man: Police

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Tips from citizens led authorities to identify the suspect in a recent pharmacy robbery as an Ellicott City man. The Howard County resident has been charged in the pharmacy holdup, police said.

Timothy Smallwood, 48, of the 8700 block of Town and Country Boulevard in Ellicott City, has been charged with armed robbery, first-degree assault, using a dangerous weapon with intent to injure and misdemeanor theft, police reported Tuesday. He is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

The charges came after police made public images from the March robbery of a Reisterstown business in hopes of identifying the suspect.

Authorities released surveillance photos from the Nature Care Pharmacy robbery in Reisterstown on Friday. A ponytailed man had pointed a gun at the clerk, ordered the employee to give him a variety of pharmaceuticals and then left in the March 25 holdup, police said.

Within one day of releasing the suspect's photo, authorities said numerous tips from citizens led them to arrest Smallwood.

"The Baltimore County Police Department would like to thank all of the citizens who became involved by responding with tips, ultimately leading to the identification and arrest of this criminal," the Baltimore County Police Department said in a statement.

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Pictured, Timothy Smallwood. Photo Credit: Baltimore County Police Department.