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May 27, 2010

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Would-be robber pulls baseball bat on clerk, who pulls gun on perp

JEFFERSONVILLE – A man, armed with a baseball bat, who tried to hold up a pharmacy Wednesday afternoon, got more than he expected when he told the clerk to, “Give me all the drugs” and the employee pulled a licensed pistol out and asked him, “Do you really want to do this?”

The man, who was wearing a blue jumpsuit and dark ski mask, fled the Pharmacy at Route 52 in the Village of Jeffersonville.  Robert Roach, 55, was found at his residence at 4726 Route 52 near Lake Jefferson.

Roach was charged with attempted robbery in the first degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree and menacing in the second degree. Roach was sent to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.


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