CVS Bandit, 16, Used BB Gun to Get OxyContin Fix: Cops
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…
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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 ›