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• Church pastor tips detectives to robbery suspect

  March 9, 2010 in Idaho A church pastor helped detectives identify a suspect today in a robbery Monday night at a North Idaho pharmacy. 4

• Man sought in drug case

  March 5, 2010 in City on Page A8 The former roommate of a man charged with robbing two pharmacies for OxyContin last fall is accused of selling the drug but hasn’t been located by police.

• Sentences differ in pharmacy robberies

  November 25, 2009 in City on Page A6 Two Spokane pharmacy robbers who faced a judge Tuesday likely will get starkly different sentences. The reason? One was armed, and the other wasn’t.

• Shopko employee tackles armed robber

  November 19, 2009 in Idaho A Coeur d’Alene pharmacy employee tackled a masked armed robber and held him for police Wednesday night.

• Two men sought in Spokane pharmacy robbery

  October 19, 2009 in City Two Deer Park men have been identified as suspects in a pharmacy robbery police linked to a 20-year-old woman.

• Teen girl robs north Spokane pharmacy

  September 28, 2009 in City A teen girl robbed a north Spokane Rite Aid of OxyContin Sunday night, police said. 3

• Reward in OxyContin robberies up to $2,000

  September 10, 2009 in City The reward for information that helps capture a suspected two-time pharmacy robbery is now up to $2,000. 1

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  Walgreens hopes special safes suppress OxyContin robberies

  September 2, 2009 in City on Page A1 OxyContin robberies in Washington have prompted an unprecedented response from one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains. New time-delayed safes have been installed in Walgreens pharmacies across the state to …

• Drug maker offers reward in pharmacy robbery

  August 27, 2009 in City The company that makes OxyContin is offering a $1,000 reward for information that solves a Spokane pharmacy robbery Sunday.

• Shopko robbed of OxyContin Monday night

  August 25, 2009 in City A robber stole OxyContin from a South Hill Shopko on Monday night. 1

• Sentenced to 4 years, robber cites addiction

  August 20, 2009 in City A 24-year-old convicted robber told a judge Thursday how he went from living with his girlfriend and their 7-year-old daughter to putting a knife to a man’s throat to get …

• Woman robbed of prescriptions in her home

  July 20, 2009 in News, City Two men burst into a Spokane woman’s apartment this morning and stole OxyContin and hydrocodone. A 54-year-old woman answered her apartment door about 5:45 a.m. in the 3100 block of … 1

• Suspect named in gunpoint OxyContin robbery

  June 25, 2009 in News Police have identified a suspect in a gunpoint OxyContin robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens June 16. Nicholas A. Blessing, 28, is accused of stealing the drug from the pharmacy …

• Persistent employee stops pharmacy robber

  June 25, 2009 in City A persistent pharmacy employee foiled a robbery today after refusing to hand over drugs, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

• Separate OxyContin cases send two men to prison

  June 24, 2009 in City on Page A6 His troubles started with family. But Edward A. Saner’s problems spiraled from typical to debilitating as he dabbled more in OxyContin, leading to a string of pharmacy robberies last summer, …

• Two OxyContin robbers sent to prison

  June 23, 2009 in News His troubles started with family. But Edward A. Saner’s problems spiraled from typical to debilitating as he dabbled more in the OxyContin drug world, leading to a string of pharmacy … 1

• Police not fooled by diversion tactic

  June 22, 2009 in City An apparent diversionary tactic by a drug store robber failed Sunday afternoon, and police arrested a Spokane man on the North Side after residents saw him running from the scene …

• Photos of Walgreens robber released

  June 17, 2009 in City Surveillance photos of Tuesday’s robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens have been released.

• Robbery reported at north Spokane Walgreens

  June 16, 2009 in City A gunpoint robbery at a north Spokane Walgreens this afternoon netted a young man the powerful prescription painkiller OxyContin.

• Photos released of OxyContin robber; reward offered

  June 8, 2009 Surveillance photos have been released of Sunday’s robbery at the South Hill Walgreens - the first successful OxyContin robbery in Spokane in a several months.

• Pharmacy robber pleads guilty

  May 26, 2009 in City, Idaho Edward A. Saner admitted Tuesday to committing seven pharmacy robberies in the Inland Northwest. Creative detective work helped crack the case.

• Pharmacist says ex-worker ‘snookered’ him

  May 15, 2009 in City on Page A7 Prescription drug crimes plaguing Art Tyrrell’s independent pharmacy spurred him to merge his operations with Safeway last month, ending the pharmacy’s run of nearly 100 years on South Perry Street. … 1

• Police: Pharmacist changed would-be robber’s mind

  May 14, 2009 in News A would-be robber changed his mind at the behest of a pharmacist Wednesday night, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

• Bystander helps nab pharmacy robbery suspect

  April 30, 2009 in City A north Spokane woman with a hankering for candy and Nicorette gum is being credited by Spokane police with stopping an armed OxyContin robber Wednesday morning. 2

• Police seeking armed robber who hit pharmacy

  April 1, 2009 in City Spokane police are seeking help identifying an armed robber who held up the pharmacy at Albertson’s on 37th Avenue at Grand on Sunday morning, fleeing with narcotic drugs, including OxyContin.

• Pharmacy robberies stop with arrests

  March 26, 2009 in City on Page A12 No pharmacy robberies have been reported in Spokane since the arrests of a young couple charged with a string of gunpoint holdups that included a Shopko robbed of OxyContin as …

• Robbery spree haunts clerks, prosecutor says

  March 7, 2009 in City on Page A8 The string of robberies in Spokane that ended with the arrest of a young couple one month ago left convenience store clerks and cash store employees so terrified that many …

• OxyContin robbery suspect turns himself in

  February 10, 2009 in City A man suspected of robbing a pharmacy of OxyContin last month turned himself in early this morning. Richard T. Ludvik, 23, is accused of robbing the Walgreens at 29th Avenue …

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  OxyContin robberies will continue, police fear

  February 10, 2009 in City on Page A1 The addictive pull of OxyContin may have led to a monthlong crime spree by a young couple arrested last week on suspicion of robbery, court papers show. And police think … 1

• Two arrested in string of robberies

  February 8, 2009 in City on Page B3 The Spokane Police Department has identified the two suspects arrested Friday in connection with a string of robberies at payday loan shops and pharmacies. Zachary Tyler Allen, 19, and Kimberly …

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