Police searching for man who robbed a pharmacy in Kearns


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KEARNS -- Unified police are looking for a man who robbed a Walgreens pharmacy of OxyContin.

Security footage shows the man entering the pharmacy near 4000 West and 5400 South around noon on Monday.

"He went back to the pharmacy, presented a note to the teller demanding all the OxyContin; said in the note that he had a gun," said Unified Police Sgt. Justin Hoyal.

The robber was last seen running out of the pharmacy and across the street into a nearby tattoo parlor, where he changed his clothes and took off again.

What the suspect might not have realized is the tattoo parlor had surveillance cameras too.

"We do have video from both the Walgreen's and the tattoo shop," Hoyal said.

Police say the suspect never showed a gun, but nearby schools were in lockdown as a precaution.

E-mail: pnelson@ksl.com

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