Police say a white man entered Fruth Pharmacy shortly before seven Friday night 4/5/13 and went directly to the pharmacy. Police say the suspect jumped the counter, showed employee’s a handgun and demanded medication. The robber took a large amount of prescription drugs and money from the cash register, then fled out the back door and headed towards Washington Street.
Police describe the suspect as a while man in his mid 30s and was wearing a black hoodie, black toboggan, black sunglasses and blue jeans. He was last seen on foot going west on West Washington Street.
Police have surveillance video from a nearby business showing other possible suspects, three white males in their late teens to early 30s. They got out of a white four-door Mercedes with a sun roof.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Nelsonville Police Department 740-753-1922.



