Lake County Walgreens pharmacist robbed at gunpoint for prescription pills; suspect on the run: deputies

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CLERMONT, Fla. - Deputies are seeking information about an alleged armed robbery that took place at a Walgreens in Lake County on Tuesday morning.

The incident happened just before 9 a.m. at the pharmacy located on U.S. Highway 27 in Clermont, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

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Deputies said they responded to Walgreens after receiving reports that a man armed with a handgun had entered the store. When deputies arrived, however, the suspect had already fled.

The man, who is described as a white male with balding red hair and a beard who was wearing a gray shirt and black shorts, allegedly brandished the gun in the pharmacy section and robbed the pharmacist of prescription pills, deputies said after they reviewed surveillance footage of the incident.