Man robs pharmacy 2 times

SANDY — Police say an Orem man twice tried to rob the same pharmacy on separate occasions. Each time, however, he was greeted by a pharmacist who chased after him with a different piece of sporting gear.

On Dec. 22, a man walked into Southwood Medical Pharmacy, 880 E. 9400 South, handed the pharmacist a note and demanded OxyContin, said Sandy Police Sgt. Victor Quezada. The man was given a small amount of drugs, but the pharmacist then chased him out of the store with a baseball bat.

On Wednesday, the same man returned to the pharmacy about 8 p.m. and handed the pharmacist a note written on a napkin again demanding OxyContin. Rather than a baseball bat, this time the pharmacist chased the man away with a golf club, Quezada said. But rather than just chasing him out the door, the pharmacist continued to pursue the man to a nearby movie theater, where he cornered him and then brought him back to the pharmacy where police were just arriving.

The man, 52, was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of two counts of second-degree felony robbery. He said the store he tried to rob was actually his regular pharmacy.