Augusta pharmacy robbers to face federal prosecution

Posted: Published on January 26th, 2013

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Posted: 8:12 PM Updated: 8:45 PM Federal, state arrangement meant to stem burgeoning drug holdups problem in capital; Kennebec and Somerset counties district attorney plans to continue arrangement

By Betty Adams badams@centralmaine.com Staff Writer

AUGUSTA -- It's the new normal for pharmacy robberies in Maine's capital city: Suspects will be hunted by both Augusta police and the FBI and will face federal prosecution.

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Anthony Post, 19, of Lewiston, charged with robbing the CVS pharmacy on Stone Street in Augusta on Tuesday, is the first person to be turned over to federal prosecution under a new agreement between state and federal law enforcement officials.

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Maeghan Maloney

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The arrest this week of a man who police say robbed the CVS on Stone Street on Tuesday highlights the arrangement with federal officials, which comes in the wake of a record number of pharmacy robberies in Maine in 2012. Augusta had nine, the most of any municipality.

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