Police investigate break-in at Rock Hill pharmacy

ROCK HILL --

Police say a break-in at a Rock Hill pharmacy over the weekend could be related to similar break-ins at another local pharmacy.

About 1 a.m. Saturday, police responded to an alarm at Carolina Pharmacy at 725 Cherry Road, according to a Rock Hill Police report. Officers noticed the two window panes at the pharmacys drive-through had been broken, and glass was found on the pavement.

Nothing was reported stolen, the report states, although the window will cost about $150 to replace.

Owner Vipul Patel, who also has a Lancaster-area pharmacy, opened Carolina Pharmacy in November.

Store video from the break-in shows a suspect wearing a ball cap, a long-sleeve hooded sweatshirt, jeans and white tennis shoes walk toward the pharmacys drive-through window. He uses a pickaxe to break the window.

The suspect leaves but returns about half an hour later with a duffle bag, which he tosses inside. He then crawls into the pharmacy.

Footage from inside the business shows the suspect start to walk around, but he looks at something, turns and leaves through the window.

Patel said most likely the suspect set off an interior alarm or saw the pharmacys cameras. He said they are grateful the suspect didnt take anything.

His business has never experienced a break-in.

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