Man faces charges in pharmacy heist

A federal grand jury indictment filed Wednesday in Little Rock charges Dedrick Dewon Thompson with carrying out an Aug. 14 robbery at a Hazen pharmacy.

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The indictment says Thompson went to the pharmacy owned by J&B Kelly Inc. on that day with another person whose name is unknown.

While the unknown person held a gun on a pharmacist and two other people inside, Thompson helped take Schedule II and Schedule IV controlled substances, cash from a safe and the cash register and personal property, the indictment says.

The stolen drugs included oxycodone, morphine and Xanax, according to the indictment.

Thompson faces four charges: obstruction of commerce through robbery, possession of Schedule II controlled substances with the intent to distribute them, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm on Aug. 16.

The indictment says Thompson was convicted in 2006 in Lonoke County of residential burglary.

Metro on 02/04/2016

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