June 15, 2008
Brandon Haught
Public Information Office

DEBARY PHARMACY ROBBED

A DeBary drugstore was robbed midday Sunday by a man with a gun under his shirt. No shots were fired and no one was injured during the brief incident. The suspect got away with a couple bottles of prescription pills from the pharmacy and fled on foot northbound from the store.

                 
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The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the robbery at about 11:36 a.m. Approximately 15 deputies and a Sheriff’s Office helicopter began arriving on scene at Walgreens, 15 N. Charles R. Beall Blvd., within two minutes of being dispatched. Store employees said that the man approached the pharmacy counter, flashed a handgun he held under his shirt and demanded oxycodone. The victims handed him a couple bottles of the drug and the suspect then fled. 

The robber was described as a dark-skinned white male in his twenties. He was between 6’ and 6’4” tall with a thin build. His hair was black and spiked, but he was otherwise clean-shaven. He was last seen wearing dark sunglasses, a white shirt with black stripes on the shoulders, tan shorts and black shoes that were possibly hiking boots. 

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (386) 668-3830 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, toll-free, at (888) 277-TIPS. Callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.