Tyrez Boyd, 24, was found guilty by a jury on an aggravated robbery charge and six counts of kidnapping in Clark County Common Pleas Court.
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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. An employee also dialed 911 to say that two suspects with a gun were there.
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.
The second suspect has yet to be arrested, according to police.
Assistant Clark County Prosecutor Brian Driscoll said it is possible there was another suspect who was acting as a getaway driver.
“We believe there (were) actually two additional people,” he said. “We believe there was a driver in a vehicle and we also believe there was a second person who actually went into the pharmacy with Mr. Boyd and committed these robberies with him.”
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Defense attorney Griff Nowicki wasn’t immediately available for comment.
Driscoll said the crimes were serious.
“We had individuals from Indianapolis who came to our community simply to commit this robbery,” Driscoll said. “Zip tied the seven female employees up, placed four of them in a bathroom and three more behind the counter of the pharmacy. This was one of the more serious crimes that we’ve seen here in Clark County.”
Driscoll said Boyd attended Wittenberg University in 2013.
Boyd will be sentenced on May 24, according to court records. Driscoll said prosecution will seek a sentence of more than a decade in prison.
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