Man stole pills from Salisbury Walgreens, threatened to kill people, police say

SALISBURY, N.C. — Salisbury police are looking for a man who they said demanded pills from a Walgreens pharmacy employee on Oct. 12.

Officials said Richard Agee, 44, handed a pharmacy tech a note in which he threatened to kill people with his knife if he was not given oxycodone pills.

He ran away after getting an unknown number of pills, officials said.

The robbery happened at about 9 p.m. at the pharmacy at 705 W. Jake Alexander Blvd.

Police said that he might have fled to Madison County, Kentucky. His last known address is 2764 Farley Court in Salisbury.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 704-638-5333.

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