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A Coeur d’Alene pharmacy employee tackled a masked armed robber and held him for police Wednesday night. Jason Anthony Wahl, 28, will appear in Kootenai County District Court this afternoon after police arrested him at the Shopko pharmacy, 217 W. Ironwood Drive. Wahl is accused of trying to rob the pharmacy of prescription medication just before 9 p.m. When police arrived, an employee was on top of the robber struggling to get control of the handgun, said Sgt. Christie Wood/Meghann M. Cuniff, Sirens & Gavels. More here.
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meghannc on November 19 at 11:47 a.m.
The guy’s name is Jason Anthony Wahl, and he’s 28.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2009/nov/19/pharmacy-employee-tackles-armed-robber/
redman on November 19 at 11:54 a.m.
Nice catch for Shopko
meghannc on November 19 at 12:37 p.m.
Fact: In the dozens of pharmacy robberies that have hit the region in the last 18 months or so, the only people injured have been the robbers.