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Police: Same suspect tries robbing Gabler’s Drug store in Carmichaels again

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CARMICHAELS – A man attempted to rob Gabler’s Drug store Monday afternoon and investigators think it’s the same person who robbed the same Carmichaels pharmacy just a week earlier.

“We believe they’re both related with the same MO of the suspect,” state police Cpl. Andrew Zimmer said.

The man walked into Gabler’s about 2 p.m. Monday and began passing a note to a clerk at the pharmacy, prompting the employee to immediately activate an alarm that scared away the would-be robber, Zimmer said. He left without receiving any money or prescription drugs, Zimmer said.

The worker’s description matched the man who robbed the drug store of prescription pain medication Jan. 16 after passing a similar note to a pharmacy technician.

It’s pretty risky because we’ve already got a description of him and the clerks are looking out for that sort of thing,” Zimmer said.

State police in Waynesburg are now working with authorities in Uniontown to see if the incidents at Gabler’s are related to two similar robberies in Fayette County.

A man robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy in Uniontown just before the successful Jan. 16 robbery at Gabler’s, state police said. A similar robbery was reported Monday afternoon at a drug store in Hopwood two hours after the second attempt at Gabler’s.

“Hopefully we can make him pay for it,” Zimmer said.

The suspect is described as being a white man in his mid-20s, about 5-foot-10, with brown hair and a beard. Anyone with information is asked to call state police in Waynesburg at 724-627-6151. People may also call state police in Uniontown at 724-439-7111 or the Uniontown City Police Department at 724-437-3430.

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