‘It’s a robbery. It’s a robbery. It’s a robbery. It’s a robbery," caller at Rite Aid in Dayton tells 9-1-1

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 11:27 p.m.: An 18-year-old has been booked into the county jail on two felonies and two misdemeanors stemming from the robbery of the Rite Aid on East Third Street this afternoon.

WHIO is not identifying the male by name because he has not been formally charged, but the booking document from the Montgomery County Jail shows he is being detained on the following charges: aggravated robbery, possession of criminal tools, failing to obey a traffic control device and driving without a valid driver’s license. The former charges are the felonies.

According to the booking document, police arrested the suspect about 3:20 p.m. at the pharmacy.

According to the incident report, police were dispatched to the pharmacy on a robbery in progress.

“Is this an emergency?” a Montgomery County 9-1-1 operator/dispatcher asked in an audio recording obtained by WHIO.

“Right now,” a caller from the Rite Aid responded.

“Is this an emergency?” the operator/dispatcher asked a second time.

“Yes. Can’t say cause they right in our face,” the caller said in a hushed tone. “It’s a robbery. It’s a robbery. It’s a robbery. It’s robbery.”

INITIAL REPORT

Police made an arrest Thursday afternoon in yet another pharmacy robbery, this one at the Rite Aid, 2532 E. Third St.

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Dayton police tell us the suspect, identified only as a man, was apprehended soon after the robbery was reported about 3:15 p.m.

Nothing was taken, the officers said.

Thursday’s crime is the second in a week involving a Rite Aid.

On Sept. 10, the Rite Aid at 2916 Linden Ave. was robbed by a man for narcotics. The suspect did not show a weapon and left the business in an unknown direction, according to regional dispatch.

Police at today’s crime scene said they could not comment on whether it is part of as many as six similar robberies of pharmacies in the region.

Dayton police have said a group of robbers that hit two drug stores on Sept. 6 may be responsible for those other robberies.

WHIO will update this developing report as we learn more.

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