READ: Springfield employee’s hands tied during pharmacy robbery
Police were called Dec. 5 to the Harding Road Pharmacy on Harding Road for a robbery in progress involving a gun. A witness who tried to enter the store said the door was locked and he saw a man robbing the store, according to court documents. An employee also dialed 911 to say that two suspects with a gun were there.
Three of the employees tied up were high school students, Clark County Assistant Prosecutor Brian Driscoll said. It is believed by law enforcement that Boyd and two other men traveled from Indianapolis to Springfield to commit the robbery, Driscoll said.
When police arrived one of the suspects ran out the door carrying a white trash bag with bottles inside, according to court documents.
The suspect was able to get away but dropped the bag of stolen items, the officer said in the affidavit. Then the officer allegedly saw a second suspect running through the pharmacy. The suspect was identified as Boyd in the affidavit and he allegedly also ran out of the store with a trash bag.
Officers were able to locate Boyd as he tried to get away, according to court documents.
The second suspect has yet to be arrested, according to police. Police also suspect there was a getaway driver involved in the robbery who also hasn’t been captured.
The sentence for Boyd is justice, Driscoll said.
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“The judge understood what these victims went through and wanted to make sure he punishes the individual so we are very happy with the decision,” he said.
Clark County has its own problems it’s trying to solve, Driscoll said, and the county doesn’t need outsiders coming into the city creating more.
“We believe they came from Indianapolis solely to steal from our pharmacy,” Driscoll said. “To me that we had to show that is not acceptable here. We have enough crime based on our own drug abuse here in Clark County so the judge had to send a message.”
Boyd’s defense attorney, Griff Nowicki, said in court that he came into the city to try to get back into Wittenberg University and robbing the pharmacy wasn’t what brought the men to Springfield.
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