The Albuquerque police were able to <\/span>Two The CVS employee was thinking quickly The employee told the police she used The authorities began pursuing the Fortunately, the police were able to Roy Christopher was then booked at GPS tacking devices are being used to <\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police Find Prescription Drug Thief Thanks To GPS Bottle The Albuquerque police were able to track down a suspect in a pharmacy robbery with the help of a GPS-equipped prescription drug bottle. Two men went into a local CVS and handed the pharmacist a note demanding he be given OxyContin pills around the time the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n
\ntrack down a suspect in
\na pharmacy robbery with the help of a GPS-equipped prescription drug
\nbottle.
\nmen went into a
\nlocal CVS and handed the pharmacist a note demanding he be given
\nOxyContin
\npills around the time the store opened. Although they did not show any
\nweapons,
\none of the suspects kept his hands inside of his pockets.
\non her feet, when she
\nquick put some of the OxyContin pills in a bottle that was equipped
\nwith GPS
\ntracking.
\na GPS-equipped bottle in the
\nset she gave the suspects. The detectives were then able to track the
\nGPS device down to a vehicle in the Bell Northwest and Walter area. When
\nthey arrived on scene, a man was observed throwing the bottle out of the
\npassenger side window.
\nvehicle. One of the male suspects jumped out of the vehicle and he attempted to run across
\nHighway I-25. That suspect was later identified as Roy Christopher.
\napprehend Roy Christopher
\nwithout any issues. The police later said that Christopher admitted
\nthat he passed the note to the CVS pharmacist and then took the pills she
\nhanded him. According to criminal court documents, Roy Christopher only attempted
\nto get rid of the prescription bottle when he located the GPS tracking device.
\n
\nthe Metropolitan Detention Center. He faces two charges: tampering with evidence and conspiracy to
\ncommit a third degree felony.
\nhelp police solve many
\ndifferent types of cases from missing children to car thefts. Now,
\nprescription drug theft can be added to the type of crimes that GPS devices will
\nhelp to solve. What will be next?