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Midday Rite Aid Robbery-Suspect Caught

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	City of Tigard 13125 SW Hall Blvd. Tigard, Oregon 97223	Press Release July 12, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact:	Jim Wolf, Public Information Officer Tigard Police Department 503-718-2561 Pager: 503-795-2391 jim@tigard-or.gov

Midday Rite Aid Robbery-Suspect Caught
Unparalleled response by Tigard Police coupled with an alert Rite-Aid employee brought a robbery to an extremely quick close this afternoon. A 9-1-1 call was received by Tigard Police dispatch at 1:57 pm on Saturday, July 10, 2010. The caller stated that a suspect demanded Oxycontin while threatening employees with large scissors that the suspect had removed from the shelf just prior. The incident occurred at the Rite-Aid store located at 12080 SW Main St. in Tigard

The event unfolded quickly. According to witness statements obtained by Tigard Police Officers, the suspect, now identified as 34-year old Jeremy Lovelady of Beaverton, allegedly entered the store and took a white t-shirt and a pair of scissors from a merchandise area. It appears the suspect then wrapped the t-shirt around his head in efforts to conceal his identity. He then approached an employee and made the demand for Oxycontin. The suspect made continuing demands for the narcotic while making his way to the pharmacy area with the scissors held in a threatening manner. Once inside the pharmacy area, the suspect was provided several bottles of Oxycontin, which in haste, spilled out onto the floor. The suspect gathered up a few bottles and ran from the store.

The same employee originally confronted, followed the suspect from the store while reporting via telephone to a police dispatcher details and direction of travel as he observed the suspect flee the area. The witness was able to communicate that it appeared the suspect changed into the white t-shirt he used to wrap his head and discarded the blue shirt he wore into the store.

Tigard Police Officers were in the area of the robbery within a minute and contained the nearby neighborhood. Police closed-in on the suspect after he scaled a fence and became cornered between buildings as several Tigard Officers approached from different directions. The suspect was taken into custody without further incident in an area near 8861 SW Commercial St. in Tigard in under four minutes. The suspect was processed at the Tigard Police Department and later lodged at the Washington County Jail. Lovelady is charged with Robbery II and an outstanding warrant.