CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - Conway Police have sought warrants for one suspect and are still looking for the second man responsible for two armed robberies at a pharmacy in Conway.
Police spokeswoman Catina Hipp says the most recent of those occurred on Tuesday, Dec. 4, shortly after 6 p.m. at the Medicine Mart on Main Street.
The Medicine Mart is offering a reward of $2,500 for information about the two men who robbed the pharmacy at gunpoint, on two different days.
"We just want them caught and stopped and before someone gets hurt so they don't do it to somebody else," Medicine Mart Pharmacist Tonya Todd said.
The clerk explained that a male wearing jeans, a black hoodie, and a black mask over his face came into store with a handgun and demanded money.
Nearly two months earlier, on Oct. 5, the silent alarm in the Medicine Mart was set up, sending officers to the pharmacy to hear the same story. A man had broken in with a gun and demanded oxycontin, Hipp says.
Police have identified the suspect in that robbery as 43-year-old George William Smith, after SLED made a connection between this crime and a robbery in New Mexico.
There weren't any customers inside the pharmacy on either occasion and nobody was hurt during the robberies.
"It's a scary situation but I think we all handled it pretty well." Medicine Mart Employee Marie Dawsey said.
Smith is currently hospitalized in Albuquerque, New Mexico from a suspected drug overdose. Warrants have been obtained on Smith for armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a crime and kidnapping.
Hipp says they have no reason to believe that two robberies are related. Anyone with any information concerning this incident and/ or the identity of the suspect is asked to contact the Conway Police Department.
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Surveillance photo of suspect in December robbery (Source: Conway PD)
George William Smith (Source: Conway PD)
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