» VIDEO: Woman caught after minutes-long escape from Clark County Jail
Whitehead and James Taylor, 21, of Dayton, were arrested in connection to a robbery at the Enon Rite Aid Earlier this month. Taylor was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business, according to online court documents.
Whitehead is a suspect in at least two robberies of local pharmacies.
He was arrested when officers were called just before 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 to the pharmacy at 101 W. Main St. on a report of a possible robbery about to occur. An Enon police officer wrote in a report when he got to the store, two men were exiting the building and walked past him.
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He was alerted by the employees they were the suspected robbers and the officer was able to detain both before they got far away.
Lt. Mike Holler of the Enon Police Department said the department previously warned Rite Aid employees prior to the incident of the string of recent robberies in the area. Miami Valley law enforcement officers have also investigated robberies at pharmacies in Park Layne, Xenia, Dayton, Harrison Twp., Franklin, and Brookville, among other communities, since June.
It is unclear whether the suspects are connected in any of these cases.
Others indicted in Clark County Common Pleas Court were:
Jalen Burks, 24, of Springfield: carrying concealed weapon and receiving stolen property
Dietrich Griffey, 27, of Springfield: improper handling of firearms in a motor vehicle and carrying concealed weapon
McHale T. Kendall, 27: failure to verify current address.
Darnell L. Brandon Sr., 48: failure to register.
Jerome L. Wood Jr., 54, of Springfield: breaking and entering.
Robert Rouch, 34, of New Carlisle: aggravated possession of drugs.
Zachary Winget, 24, of Springfield: burglary.
Zoe Ann McPherson, 31, of Troy: breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools.
Edgar D. Benton, 45, of Troy: breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools.
Brittany Fletcher, 24, of Springfield: aggravated burglary.
Timothy E. Zook, 31, of Mechanicsburg: domestic violence and violating protection order.
Eugene Achim Griffith, 51, of Springfield: failure to comply with order or signal of police officer.
Kevin Johnson, 34, of Springfield: domestic violence.
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