Police are looking for a man who stole more than 700 prescription pain pills at gunpoint from a Lexington pharmacy early Monday morning.
The robbery happened about 5 a.m. at Walgreens on Richmond Road, Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said.
Witnesses said a man wearing blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt with the hood up entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded OxyContin tablets. He appeared to be about 6 feet 3 inches tall and about 180 pounds.
He drove away in a brown pickup truck after bagging 772 pills, according to a police report.
Nobody was injured.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Lexington Division of Police at (859) 258-3600.















