Reward offered for robbery information
LAKE GENEVA — The Lake Geneva Police Department and Walworth County Crime Stoppers are offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for an armed robbery in December.
Police at about 4 p.m. Dec. 7 were called to McCullough’s Drug Store, 269 Broad St., for a report of an armed robbery. Police said a man entered the store, displayed a black semi-automatic pistol and demanded OxyContin from the pharmacist. Police said the pharmacist handed over an unknown amount of the painkiller.
The suspect is described as a white male, about 6-feet-tall and 200 pounds. He wore a black ski mask, black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.
The reward was donated by Purdue Pharma, a pharmaceutical company that operates RxPATROL, a collaborative effort between industry, pharmacists and law enforcement to collect, analyze and disseminate information on pharmacy theft.
Anyone with information about this robbery or the suspect should call Walworth County Crime Stoppers at (262) 723-2677. Callers can remain anonymous.
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By GAZETTE STAFF 04/12/11
Feb 6, 2010 at 6:24 p.m.
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So where are all the comments about hispanics or blacks....this was a caucasion person so no one is talking ?!? Hmmmm...
Feb 6, 2010 at 1:56 p.m.
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What?!! There is a printed article that a white male robbed a joint? Wow, for some, that breaks the mold!
Feb 6, 2010 at 12:07 p.m.
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Ahahaha! So you feel like doing a bit of race baiting on a Saturday AM, do you nvgrf? Feeling inadequate?
Feb 6, 2010 at 11:15 a.m.
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"A white male" Must be very disappointing to many who comment on this site.
Feb 6, 2010 at 10:24 a.m.
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The amount of the reward is normal in this type of case.
Feb 5, 2010 at 4:59 p.m.
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How noble of Purdue Pharma to provide a reward through their "RX Patrol". As a point of interest, I have been actively exposing Purdue Pharma for the past 7-1/2 years for criminally marketing OxyContin. Purdue Pharma is a $10 billion pharmaceutical company -- offering a $2,000 reward. Absolutely an insult to all the families of victims of OxyContin in this epidemic throughout the country. In July 2007, Purdue Pharma and its 3 CEO's Michael Friedman, Howard Udell and Paul Goldenheim were charged with criminally marketing OxyContin to physicians and patients as less likely to be addictive or abused. They pleaded guilty to the charges and were sentenced. My work in 2009 focused on the further criminal activity of Purdue Pharma in marketing for "pregnancy pain" and the "undertreatment of pain in newborn and pediatric patients." I now work with the FDA in an effort to expose and curtail this criminal marketing by Purdue Pharma in an effort to addict the most vulnerable of people. For Purdue Pharma to now offer a reward for the epidemic they are responsible for is like asking Charles Manson to help America's Most Wanted track felons in order to restore his reputation. Give me a break -- there is a special place in hell for all of them for destroying scores of families throughout the country.
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