Court records: Investigators looking into possible connections in 18 similar crimes at pharmacies in Missouri, Kansas

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) – Courtroom data reveal the FBI and Kansas Metropolis Profession Prison Job Power teamed as much as take two males into custody throughout an investigation right into a string of robberies and break-ins at pharmacies across the Kansas Metropolis metro.

Based on a search warrant, thieves focused pharmacies in at the least 10 cities in Kansas and Missouri together with Belton, Liberty, Gladstone, Kansas Metropolis, Grandview, Lee’s Summit, St. Joseph, Leawood, Mission and Overland Park.

At Lively Way of life Pharmacy in Overland Park close to seventy fifth Avenue and Metcalf Avenue, thieves smashed their means inside throughout two break-ins as surveillance cameras recorded and intrusion alarms notified police.

Video surveillance confirmed a masked man wearing all black climbed out the damaged entrance door with a backpack filled with stolen gadgets from the pharmacy. It was the second housebreaking at Lively Way of life Pharmacy LLC final month.

“Fairly a bit of injury, and we’re only a small enterprise,” Manger Fawn Lickteig stated.

Extra surveillance throughout a housebreaking on the location confirmed a second suspect could possibly be seen contained in the pharmacy.

Courtroom data point out investigators are wanting into the likelihood that the identical group of suspects are answerable for 18 related crimes at pharmacies in Kansas and Missouri.

The investigation started again in February when two to 3 suspects jumped the counter at a CVS off Rainbow Boulevard in KCK carrying all black clothes to steal a bulk amount of prescription treatment, together with treatment with Codeine.

Investigators observed a attainable sample of comparable crimes in a number of cities.

“Very alarming,” Lickteig stated. “We’ve added additional safety measures.”

Based on courtroom data, investigators used surveillance video from earlier incidents and extra proof to trace down two attainable suspects who have been taken into custody earlier this month after attempting to run from investigators close to Eastwood Trafficway and Ararat Drive in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.

Lickteig hopes the crime spree will come to an finish.

“Our two-year anniversary is in June, and we’re actually attempting to be right here and do every thing we are able to to assist our public and assist our neighbors,” Lickteig stated. “It’s been fairly detrimental to our little enterprise to have these sorts of setbacks.”

As of Tuesday night, felony costs haven’t been filed within the ongoing investigation.

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