'Santa'
Steals Painkiller From Drug Store
CHESTER, Va. (AP) -- Police
are looking for a man with a familiar description who
robbed a drug store at gunpoint: long white hair and beard, a
white-fur-trimmed red suit and hat, black boots, prominent belly.
Police Capt. Mike Spraker said the Santa Claus lookalike obtained an
undisclosed amount of the painkiller OxyContin from the Eckerd Drug Store
in Chester on Saturday night.
"An individual dressed as Santa - beard, hat, the whole works - just
walked to the back of the store to the pharmacist, displayed his weapon
and asked for the OxyContin," he said.
Spraker said the robber fled on foot. A canine unit tracked his trail to
the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex, where police believe he got
into a car and drove away.
"No reindeer or sleds were observed in the area," said Spraker,
who said he wanted any children hearing about the incident to know
"we immediately contacted the North Pole and verified Santa was
there. This Santa was definitely an impostor."
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