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Detectives Investigate Theft from Poolesville CVS Pharmacy

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 16, 2016

Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – 1^st District Investigative Section are investigating a theft of prescription medication from the CVS Pharmacy in Poolesville.

At approximately 2:02 p.m. this afternoon, the Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a 9-1-1 call from an employee of the CVS Pharmacy located at 19594 Fisher Avenue in Poolesville initially reporting a robbery but what was later determined to be a theft.  The employee stated that two suspects entered the CVS, vaulted the counter, stole medication, and fled in a vehicle.  The employee provided a description of the suspect vehicle and responding officers observed the described vehicle driving southbound on Darnestown Road at Germantown Road.  Police attempted to stop the vehicle but the car failed to stop and continued driving southbound on Darnestown Road.

Officers pursued the suspect’s car until it struck a vehicle at the intersection of Darnestown Road and Dufief Mill Road in Darnestown.  Three suspects fled on foot from the vehicle and were arrested by officers a short time later in a nearby neighborhood.  Two of the suspects were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries that they sustained during the collision.  Two occupants from the struck vehicle were transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The names of the three suspects will be released once charges have been formally filed.

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Release ID: 16-244
Media Contact: mcpnews 
Categories: theft