A South River man was caught by police in the Rite Aid pharmacy on Prospect Street after the burglar alarm went off early Tuesday morning.
A South River man broke into a borough drug store and tried to steal prescription cough medicine, police said. SOUTH RIVER -- A South River man was caught by police in the Rite Aid pharmacy on Prospect Street after the burglar alarm went off early Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Police said officers arrived at the store, saw signs of forced entry, began their search and found Steven Weiss, 25, who tried to escape, but was stopped and arrested.
Authorities said Weiss attempted to steal promethazine with codeine along with other prescription liquid cough solutions. The medicines are often used in manufacturing illicit drugs.
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Police said Weiss was charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief, unlawful possession of a weapon (imitation firearm), possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, resisting arrest and possession of burglary tools.
Weiss was taken to the Middlesex County jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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