AUGUSTA (AP) — Police have made an arrest in connection with a pharmacy robbery in Augusta earlier this week.
Police say 19-year-old Anthony Post of Auburn was arrested Thursday in connection with the robbery of prescription medications Tuesday from the CVS on Stone Street.
Deputy Chief Jared Mills says Post was turned over to the FBI and is expected to be charged in federal court.
Mills tells the Kennebec Journal an unprecedented epidemic of pharmacy robberies — the city had nine in 2012 — has led city police to join forces with federal authorities to combat it.
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