A teenager needing an OxyContin fix and wielding a BB gun forced a CVS pharmacy employee to give him the drug and then locked himself in the store's rest room, Joliet police say.
The suspect, described as a 16-year-old white male, entered the store at Caton Farm and Drauden roads at about 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, Cmdr. Al Roechner said. He went directly to the pharmacy counter and presented the employee with a note that read, "Don't do anything stupid. I have a gun. Give me all your OxyContin and 30-gauge needles."
"He needed a fix, and he was going to get one," Roechner said.
The police were called about a "robbery in progress," and found the teen inside the rest room, Roechner said. He had to be coaxed from the room, and police recovered the BB gun from inside, he said.
No one was injured and no shots fired. The teen was charged with aggravated robbery, rather than armed robbery, because the weapon used was not a real gun, Roechner said.
OxyContin, a retail name for the drug oxycodone, is a narcotic pain reliever that's available only through prescription. When used for recreational purposes, the taker gets a high that's similar to heroin, experts say.
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Thankfully, this teen survived his dose, and nobody else was hurt. However, whoever the boys' parents are need to take action ASAP. This is nothing to joke about. If his parents don't give a crap about his drug use then they don't deserve to be their parents. Action must be taken before inevitable death to either himself or someone else. Some may say I'm overreacting but I'm only trying to help him and his loved ones from a terrible road ahead. It's reality. Officers in middle / high school have drug education for a reason. And heroin (and its "relatives") is the most dangerous poison someone can possibly use. No loving family member / friend should have to find that they overdosed, and fail to revive them soon enough like my family had to do last week to my 18-year old brother.