NEW CRIME-FIGHTING TOOL LEADS TO SUSPECT.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A newly employed crime-fighting tool and a tip from the public helped sheriff's deputies find an armed robbery suspect Noun 1. robbery suspect - someone suspected of committing robbery suspect - someone who is under suspicion less than 45 minutes after the crime was reported Friday. CodeRED, a communications tool that allows law enforcement and other public safety agencies to place thousands of automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. calls instantly, led to the arrest of a Lancaster man accused of robbing a pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. at gunpoint, sheriff's Deputy Kelly Simon said. Charles Johnson Charles Johnson may refer to:
A trademark for the drug oxycodone. oxycodone hydrochloride ETH-Oxydose, OxyContin, OxyFast, Oxy-IR, Oxynorm (UK), Roxicodone, Supeudol (CA) Pharmacologic class: Opioid agonist in the backyard of a home in the 44500 block of Lowtree Avenue, police said. Kelly said deputies employed the CodeRED -- the first time they've used it -- after receiving a call from Valley Pharmacy at 1324 W. Avenue J at 8:54 a.m. Johnson was found 40 minutes later. Lancaster pays a $20,000 annual fee for the service, which is part of its effort to reduce the city's crime by 30 percent in five years. Simon said an automated message, which went out to thousands of homes within a contained area, featured a description of the suspect that followed an advisory warning residents to stay at home. Another CodeRED phone message was sent out after the suspect was apprehended. gideon.rubin@dailynews.com (661) 267-7802 |
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