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• 9,000 pills stolen from Moss Bluff pharmacy

  March 7, 2012 10:20 AM

  MOSS BLUFF, La. (AP) - Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who stole almost 9,000 pills in 41 seconds from The Drug Store in Moss Bluff. Kim Myers of the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office tells the American Press in a news release the culprit wore a gray... more »

• Adderall Shortage Sends Patients Scrambling Play Video

  November 28, 2011 7:37 PM

  A popular drug that helps children and adults focus and learn is becoming almost impossible to find. The nation-wide Adderall shortage is now hitting home in Acadiana. "Well we haven't been able to get it since mid-September. And we've tried different pharmacies, New Iberia, Lafayette, we recently tried Denham... more »

• 2 Workers, 2 Patrons Shot to Death at NY Pharmacy

  June 19, 2011 3:41 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Four people were shot to death Sunday morning at a pharmacy on New York's Long Island in what police said looked like a robbery gone wrong. The gunfire erupted at about 10:20 a.m. inside Haven Drugs, a family-owned pharmacy in a small cluster of medical offices... more »

• Update: Armed Robbery Suspect in Custody

  March 21, 2011 11:51 PM

  A New Iberia man accused of going on a crime spree in Lafayette is now in police custody. 29-year-old Russell Giangrosso Jr. is accused of robbing the Jefferson Drug Store at gun point around 4:00 p.m. Monday. But that wasn't his only crime, and it was all caught on camera.... more »

• Thieves Target Local Pharmacies Play Video

  January 11, 2011 7:15 PM

  A number of agencies including the FBI are working on busting a drug ring targeting pharmacies. Officers said the suspects allegedly traveled from Avoyelles parish to rob Meche's Pharmacy in Duson and Scott Pharmacy. Twenty-two year old Morgan Brown was caught by police as he was trying to get away.... more »

• Truck Into Pharmacy for Burlgary

  August 31, 2010 4:06 PM

  A man drives his truck into the Thrifty Way Pharmacy at 805 Center St. in New Iberia. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said it happened August 30 at approximately 11:54 p.m, in an effort to burglarize the business. The tan Toyota truck had smashed through the front glass. Witnesses said... more »

• Pharmacy Technician Arrested For Drugs

  June 9, 2010 4:13 PM

  St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Detectives arrested a Carencro resident on numerous felony drug charges including the theft and sale of approximately (30,000) thirty-thousand Lortab, Xanex, Soma pills. Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said, "Our Narcotics Detectives investigated a complaint of a pharmacy technician stealing Lortab, Soma and Xanax... more »

• Police Seek Suspects in Pharmacy Theft Play Video

  April 28, 2010 12:37 AM

  Over the past two months the Hospital Drugs Store in St. Martinville has been broken into three times. In one case, thieves made off with $2,100 worth of oxycodone and hydrocodone. "We're asking anyone with information about someone out there attempting to or selling these types of prescription pills to... more »

• Red Wig Bandit Arrested in Eunice

  April 14, 2010 12:27 PM

  On April 12, 2010, the Eunice Police Department was called about a subject entering Bellard’s Pharmacy located at 621 W Maple Ave in Eunice wearing a mask and a red wig. The subject entered the pharmacy, but left a short time later without speaking to anyone. Officers were... more »

• Officer Surprised to Find Alligator in Truck

  April 8, 2010 3:38 PM

  A Eunice Police Officer inspecting a truck stuck in a ditch was surprised to find an alligator carcass in the back of the truck. Ryan Joseph Dartez and Cody James Lejeune, both of Crowley, got the truck stuck in the ditch behind Bellard's Pharmacy in Eunice and Police were called... more »

• Eunice police investigate armed robbery

  February 24, 2010 9:25 AM

  Eunice Police Department is current investigating an armed robbery at the Maple Ave Pharmacy located at 1200 W. Maple Ave. Eunice, La. The call was received by the Eunice Police Department at 1:42 pm on 2/23/10. The suspect is a white male between the height of 5'10" and... more »

• New Iberia Pharmacy Burglary Arrest

  December 17, 2009 12:33 PM

  On December 16, 2009 Detectives with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office apprehended Jeremy Romero (Age 22 of 716 Lanza Ln.) on 2 counts of a pharmacy burglary and two counts of an attempted burglary of a pharmacy. A local pharmacy within the city limits of New Iberia was burglarized night... more »

• Blue Cross to Cover H1N1and Seasonal Flu Vaccines

  November 19, 2009 11:55 AM

  Blue Cross to Cover H1N1 (Swine) Flu and Seasonal Flu Vaccines For Individual Members and Fully Insured Group Members Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (BCBSLA) will cover the administration of H1N1 (swine) flu and seasonal flu vaccinations for its members. All individual members and fully insured group members... more »

• Sunset Pharmacy Burglarized, Suspects on Video

  October 21, 2009 1:09 PM

  On October 15, 2009, the Thrifty Way Pharmacy in Sunset was burglarized. Surveillance video shows two black males at the rear of the building; one was wearing a purple & white cap, black t-shirt, black tennis shoes the second subject was wearing a white New York Yankees jersey shirt, blue... more »