NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 30, 2009
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
BAKER PHARMACY ROBBED
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is
investigating the armed robbery of the Health Smart Pharmacy on State Road 189
in Baker. A short white male carrying a tire tool entered the business around
5:20 Tuesday evening and demanded drugs. Customers were inside the building but
no one was hurt. He was last seen on foot heading north from the store.
A K-9 unit was
called to the scene to try to track the individual.
Anyone with
information on the robbery is asked to contact the Okaloosa County Sheriff's
Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.
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