The Sacramento Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying several suspects involved in robberies that have occurred at local pharmacies in the Northern California region.  

Throughout the year, the department has seen an increase in pharmacy robberies where multiple suspects enter the stores during business hours and demand controlled narcotics from employees.  In several of the incidents, the suspects have used hoods to conceal their identities. 

In this latest crime trend, investigators have discovered that in many of the robberies, the suspects have used waiting cars to flee from the area.  While the vehicle descriptions have been similar, detectives do not believe that all the robberies have been committed by the same suspects.    

The attached photos were captured by surveillance cameras in the area of several of the robberies and are specific to incidents that occurred in the city of Sacramento.  The suspects are described as:

·         Male Black, late teens to early twenties, wearing different colored hooded sweatshirts.  Often, the suspects are wearing gloves and carrying reusable grocery bags.

As a crime prevention measure, the Department will be deploying additional law enforcement resources into the communities to address these incidents.  Officers from a variety of specialized units will be working targeted enforcement focusing on robbery prevention and crime suppression.    

The Sacramento Police Department is requesting the community’s assistance in identifying the suspects in these robberies.  If you have any information about  any of these robberies, please contact the Sacramento Police Department dispatch center at (916) 264-5471, or Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers at (916) 443-HELP (4357) or submit an anonymous tip using the free “P3 Tips” smartphone app.  Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.