Crime & Safety
Ardmore Pharmacy Robbed at Knifepoint
Tuesday morning, a man stole a number of narcotics from J.B. Merrick Apothecary on Cricket Avenue, according to a township spokesperson.
A masked man wielding a knife robbed an Ardmore pharmacy Tuesday morning, according to Lower Merion Township spokesperson Tom Walsh.
On Tuesday around 10:18 a.m., a masked man entered on Cricket Avenue and demanded a number of narcotics, Walsh said. The man was wielding a knife; store employees handed the requested drugs over, and the man fled, according to Walsh.
The man is described as a 6-foot black man, wearing a sweatshirt, jeans and ski mask at the time of the robbery, Walsh said.
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Merrick Apothecary, located at 31 Cricket Ave., has been in Ardmore since 1938. The pharmacy offers prescriptions and medications, diabetic supplies and more.
A representative of the pharmacy offered no comment, besides stating that police are investigating the robbery.
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