Santa Paula CVS Pharmacy robbed, suspect sought

Santa Paula Police are looking for an armed robber who held up an area pharmacy Monday afternoon, a lunch hour crime not observed by others inside the drug store.

The July 23 incident occurred at about 12:46 p.m. at the CVS drug store, located in the Vons Center in the 500 block of West Main Street. CVS is located on the south side of the center close to West Harvard Boulevard.

According to SPPD Detective Ken Clark, a male suspect waited until the customers had cleared the pharmacy area and then he walked up, “actually gave the clerk a list of what he wanted,” and displayed a handgun. Reportedly during the incident the robber also tapped the gun on the glass of the pharmacy. 

Pharmacy personnel cooperated and gave the suspect merchandise before he fled the store. Clark said the suspect was last seen riding away from the scene on a bicycle headed north. 

The suspect was described as a Hispanic male, 5’7” or 5’8” tall, 135 to 140 pounds. He was wearing what Clark said “looks like a flannel plaid shirt,” gray pants and large sunglasses. 

The suspect was also wearing a cap with the letters CA on it - “California Angels back in the day,” before the team became the Anaheim Angels and changed its logo. Clark noted the cap is not necessarily old, as “retro” caps with the former logo are still being manufactured and sold.