Montco "Serial" Pharmacy Robbery Suspects In Custody

By KARA SEYMOUR

Two Philadelphia men who are suspected of robbing a Newtown Borough pharmacy at gunpoint are in custody for two other robberies in Montgomery county, authorities say.

David Murray, 32, and Terrell Lang, 23, of Philadelphia are facing charges by indictment in connection with pharmacy robberies in Glenside and Elkins Park.

Police in Newtown Borough announced Wednesday the same men are believed to have robbed a pharmacy on Lincoln Avenue in July.

During the July 12 robbery in Newtown, authorities say one of the men came into the store and approached the counter as another displayed a handgun.

Murray and Lang then took the employee into the office at gunpoint and forced the victim to open the safe, police said.

The men took the employee’s cell phone and contents of the safe, police said. The employee remained in the office unaware if the suspects had left the business. They escaped with an undisclosed amount of money and the cell phone, according to police.

There were no other customers in the store at the time and no one was injured, police said.

Following an investigation by the FBI and area police, authorities determined the same men robbed a Glenside CVS of more than $7,000 in June. Murray also robbed a Elkins Park pharmacy in September, taking more than $4,000, authorities said.

If convicted, Murray faces a maximum possible sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment and Lang, faces a maximum possible sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment.