PD: Valley pharmacy robber has struck at least 13 times since November
Photographer: Courtesy: Phoenix Police Department
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Posted: 01/22/2013
PHOENIX - Police are asking for the public's help to identify the suspect in over a dozen armed robberies of Valley pharmacies over the past few months.
Phoenix police say suspect committed at least 13 robberies during the months of November, December and January in the metro Phoenix area.
Police say the suspect enters the business and heads directly to the pharmacy where he shows a hand written note demanding Oxycodone.
The suspect is armed with a handgun and has become more aggressive in recent robberies, according to police.
After being given the drugs, the suspect leaves the business in an unknown direction
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, between the ages of 19 and 35, 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 inches tall and 140 to 180 pounds.
He's been seen wearing a hoodie sweatshirt, baseball cap and sunglasses.
Police say the possible suspect vehicle is a dark gray Dodge Stratus passenger car with a "7" in the license plate series or a 1980s single cab truck.
Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6141 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
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