Oxycontin thief may be branching out

Public safety — A man matching a description of the two thefts at Newberg Walgreens robs a store in Woodburn

  • Published: 3/20/2010 12:00:00 PM
   WOODBURN — Local police believe a suspect in holdups at the Newberg Walgreens store may have struck again after a robbery at noon Monday at Fairway Drug by a man seeking the prescription painkiller Oxycontin.
   “It appears to be the same guy,” said Sgt. Tim Weaver of the Newberg-Dundee Police Department. “We’ve been working with (Woodburn police) since their report.”
   Pharmacist Kristi Holt described the suspect as a white male, about 50 to 60 years old, with slight facial hair and white-gray hair — a description that matches that of the man who held up the Newberg Walgreens on two consecutive Sundays earlier this month.
   On this occasion, the man was wearing dark sunglasses and a black jacket as well.
   As in the Newberg robberies, the suspect appeared to be holding a gun in his jacket pocket, which he used to threaten pharmacy staff but did not display openly.
   Witnesses outside saw the suspect run out to where he was parked and head north on I-5. The getaway car was described as a small extra cab pickup — possibly a Ford Ranger — with a white sticker, about 12-inches square in the rear window. Reports in Newberg described the truck as white in color, but a similar make and with such a sticker.
   The man took 500 pills, totaling about $1,100 wholesale value, but worth about $10,000 on the drug market, where the painkiller (chemically similar to morphine) is highly prized. Managers at the Newberg Walgreens declined to disclose details of their loss.
   Anyone with information is asked to call the Woodburn Police Department at 503-982-2345 or the Newberg-Dundee Police Department at 503-538-8321.

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NancyB from Farmington, Connecticut
3/22/2010 4:49:10 AM

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