Joliet police say the teen presented the pharmacy with a threatening note and then went into the store's rest room to use the drug.
A teenager needing an OxyContin fix and wielding a BB gun forced a CVS pharmacy employee to give him the drug and then locked himself in the store's rest room, Joliet police say. The suspect, described as a 16-year-old white male, entered the store at Caton Farm and Drauden roads at about 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, Cmdr. Al Roechner said. He went directly to the pharmacy counter and presented the employee with a note that read, "Don't do anything stupid. I have a gun. Give me all your OxyContin and 30-gauge needles." "He needed a fix, and he was going to get one," Roechner said. The police were called about a "robbery in progress," and found the teen inside the rest room, Roechner said. He had to be coaxed from the room, and police recovered the…
Nine baby ducks caught in a sewer grate near the CVS store had to be rescued and assisted across Route 59.
Oh, the pitfalls of suburban life. You're born, you're walking ... and the next thing you know, you're in the sewer. And not just you, but your eight siblings, too, all of whom have marched right in behind you. It happens every year, Plainfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Jon Stratton said: Baby ducks that need rescuing. In this case, it was from the sewer grate in front of the CVS drug store at 11840 S. Route 59. Stratton said they received the call Monday from a CVS customer, who saw a duck nesting along the side of Route 59 and went to investigate, Stratton said. As she got closer, she could hear chirping, and -- lo-and-behold -- there sat nine days-old ducklings on a ledge about 3.5 feet below, he said. She called for help, and the …
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Trixie 38
1:23 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
Nameless, I understand what you are saying that he would not harm a fly if he was sober but under the infulance of drugs and needing a fix he is capable of doing anything, as clearly seen in his behavior. Who know what he would have done if the pharmacy refused to give him the drugs, just because it was a BB does not mean he was incapable of hurting someone seriously. He needs help yes that is … more ›