Lake Geneva man sought in connection with robbery

By PEDRO OLIVEIRA JR. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009

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Michael J. Chamberlain

LAKE GENEVA — Police are continuing their search for a man who robbed a Lake Geneva pharmacy Monday afternoon.

An employee reported the robbery at McCullough's Drug Store, 269 Broad St., about 4 p.m. Monday. Police said the man entered the store displaying a black semi-automatic pistol. He demanded OxyContin from the pharmacist, and the pharmacist handed over an unknown amount of the painkiller.

Lake Geneva police and Walworth County sheriff's deputies searched the area after the robbery, but no arrest was made.

Authorities are looking for Michael J. Chamberlain of Lake Geneva as a person of interest in the case.

The clerk told police the robber is white, about 6 feet tall and about 200 pounds. He was wearing a black ski mask, black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

Police caution that they consider the robber armed and dangerous.

Authorities asked people with information about the robbery to call Lake Geneva police detectives at (262) 248-4455.

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