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Man Robbed Sarasota Walgreens At Gunpoint: Police

A man held employees and customers at a Sarasota Walgreens at gunpoint before stealing cash and prescription pills, police said.

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A man held employees and customers at a Sarasota Walgreens at gunpoint before stealing cash and prescription pills, police said.
A man held employees and customers at a Sarasota Walgreens at gunpoint before stealing cash and prescription pills, police said. (Courtesy of Sarasota Police Department)

SARASOTA, FL — A man was arrested in Thursday night’s armed robbery of a Sarasota Walgreens, authorities said.

James Cook, 40, entered the pharmacy at Walgreens at 1225 S. Tamiami Trail with a gun just before 11 p.m. and demanded money, Sarasota police wrote in a Facebook post.

Cook held employees and a customer at gunpoint before stealing cash and prescription pills from the pharmacy, police said.

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Sarasota detectives and several partner agencies, including the North Port Police Department and the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, found Cook and took him into custody without incident on Friday around 1 p.m.

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