Suspect sought in NE Phila. pharmacy heists

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - February 6, 2012 (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are looking for the suspect in a series of armed pharmacy robberies in the Northeast.

Surveillance video released on Monday showed the most recent robbery - on January 25th.

The video, from the Circle Pharmacy at 2583 Holme Avenue, shows the suspect arriving in an SUV. He makes his way into the pharmacy, pointing a gun at an employee.

He handed a note to the pharmacist with a list of prescription medications including Oxycontin, Percoset, and Xanax. The suspect chased away a customer as the pharmacist gathered the drugs and put them into a white trash bag.

The suspect ran out and was captured by another surveillance camera as he made his way to the SUV with a getaway driver behind the wheel.

VIDEO: Watch the surveillance video released by police

Investigators say the same suspect is wanted for several other robberies since December 10th, 2011.

On December 22nd, around 5:30 pm, he was captured on surveillance video robbing the Holmesburg Pharmacy in the 8000 block of Frankford Avenue. You see him as he entered the store with the handgun and as he left, again with the white scarf covering his face.

Then, on January 8th at about 9:00 a.m., the bandit hit the CVS Pharmacy at 7350 Oxford Avenue. He wore the white scarf on this face, brandished the black handgun and demanded the employee put the prescription medication into a white trash bag before making his getaway.

The suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male with a thin build standing about 5'8" to 5'11" tall. He was wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt, dark blue jeans, black gloves and a white cloth over his face.

Anyone with information is asked contact the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-TIPS (8477) or at phillypolice.com.

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