Empowered: Women fight back against pharmacy robber demanding drugs

February 24, 2012 | Steve McGough | | ,

Feel good story of the day. A nut came back to rob a pharmacy looking for drugs for a third time. The store manager/pharmacist and employees were better prepared this time.

I’m very happy this did not turn more violent and everyone knows who the criminal is. That said, in this instance the robber’s hands were in clear view and even though he wrote down he had a gun, there was no brandishing of a weapon.

These women know how long it can take for law enforcement to show up. It sounds like history was a lesson, and they better prepared themselves. Good for them. Note that in many retail establishments, these employees may well have been fired for putting up a similar defense.

The store manager used not your normal pepper spray, rather a large compressed bottle of bear deterrent pepper spray that can shoot the stuff more than 30 feet.

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Steve McGough

Steve's a part-time conservative blogger. Steve grew up in Connecticut and has lived in Washington, D.C. and the Bahamas. He resides in Connecticut, where he’s comfortable six months of the year.

5 Comments

  1. Plainvillian on February 25, 2012 at 8:45 am

    Third time at the same pharmacy?? Is his name Biden?



    • JBS on February 25, 2012 at 11:50 am

      He had a habit of going to the same place . . . !
      Seriously, HURRAY for these women! Bagged one.



  2. Lynn on February 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Wonder if any other news service covered this beside Fox. Great job Ladies.



  3. sammy22 on February 26, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    Was all over TV in my neck of the woods.
    ?



  4. ricbee on February 26, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    I’d blown his head off….



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