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Police Search For Man Who Robbed Mooresville Walgreens Pharmacy

Police said the man left the store with multiple bottles of pain medication after suggesting to the pharmacist that he had a weapon.

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Police are searching for a man in his late teens or early 20s that they say entered a Mooresville Walgreens and demanded pain medication from the pharmacist while suggesting he had a weapon.
Police are searching for a man in his late teens or early 20s that they say entered a Mooresville Walgreens and demanded pain medication from the pharmacist while suggesting he had a weapon. (Mooresville Police Department )

MOORESVILLE, NC — Mooresville Police continue to search for a man that they say demanded pain medication from a local pharmacy while suggesting he had a weapon last weekend, police said on Thursday.

The man, whom police describe as being in his late teens to early 20s with a tan complexion, walked into the Walgreens Pharmacy at 542 River Highway and approached the pharmacist just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 and insisted on being given the pain medication, police said Thursday. He left with multiple bottles of generic Percocet and left the store.

The suspect was wearing an oversized yellow Vans hoodie and a black facemask, police said. The pharmacist told police officer that the man had dark dots or marks above his eyebrows.

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Anyone with information about the whereabouts of the man is asked to contact the Mooresville Police Department at (704) 664-3311 or Det. Lawning at glawning@mooresvillenc.gov or at (704) 420-1104.

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