Pharmacy robbed in Newport

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By DOUG HARLOW Staff Writer

NEWPORT Police are looking for a man who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy last night on Moosehead Trail in the towns triangle business district off U.S. Route 2 and state Route 100.

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Police are looking for the man in this security camera photo who robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy of drugs in Newport Thursday evening.

Newport Police Chief Leonard Macdaid said a man wearing a black skull cap and sunglasses entered the store about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. He handed the employee a note and left with an undisclosed quantity of drugs.

Macdaid said no one was injured and the clerk did not see a weapon.

Macdaid said the robber, who left on foot, was white, about six feet tall and wore a black jacket and tan pants.

He declined to say what kind of drugs were taken.

Were just summing up leads right now and I dont want to give out too much, he said.

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