A manager at a southwest-side Walgreens pharmacy believes the same man accused of robbing his store before was preparing to rob again Monday, according to a Fort Wayne police report.
Officers were called just after 6 a.m. Monday to the Walgreens at 6202 W. Jefferson Blvd. for a report of an armed robbery in progress. A man had entered the store with a crumpled note in his hand, looking as if he was “up to something,” an employee told police.
When that employee called 911 and a manager to the pharmacy, the man purchased some cold medicine and left, the report said. The man was wearing heavy, thick clothes, employees told police.
The same pharmacy was robbed June 1 by a man police say has committed at least seven area pharmacy robberies since September. In each robbery, pain-killing drugs were taken, according to police.
Formal charges filed in meth case
A man accused of manufacturing methamphetamine in an apartment near Most Precious Blood Catholic School was formally charged Monday, according to Allen Superior Court records.
Travis Milledge, 23, of the 700 block of Fourth Street, is charged with dealing meth, possession of meth, resisting law enforcement, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia.
Police said Milledge was arrested during a traffic stop July 21, two days after police were called to his apartment for a report of an operating drug lab. After Milledge’s arrest, police searched his apartment and found supplies used to make methamphetamine and a sawed-off shotgun.
Stabbing victim out of hospital
A man found suffering from critical stab wounds at the Clark gas station downtown Saturday has been treated for his injuries and released from a hospital, according to Officer Michael Joyner, police spokesman.
Officers were called to the gas station at 1011 Broadway just after 3 a.m. Saturday for a report of a stabbing. There, they found Josh Billman, 29, suffering from multiple stab wounds. Billman told police he was walking through the parking lot at Arby’s, 610 W. Jefferson Blvd., when a man approached him and stabbed him in the back and chest.
He stumbled over to the Clark station at West Washington Boulevard and Broadway, where a customer called medics, police said. No arrests have been made.
Ice cream shop suspect in custody
A juvenile was taken into police custody in connection with an armed robbery at the Baskin-Robbins on Coliseum Boulevard on Saturday, according to a Fort Wayne police report.
Employees at the ice cream shop at 603 Coliseum Blvd. E. reported the robbery just after noon Saturday.
The suspected robber, a boy, ran away south across Coliseum Boulevard, police said.
Officers caught up to the boy and shocked him with a Taser twice after he did not comply with police orders to stop, a report said.
Police arrested him as cash from the store was blowing in the wind, a report said. The boy was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
