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Two charged in Ingles Pharmacy robbery

A Young Harris couple is in custody following the strong-armed robbery of the Ingles Pharmacy on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

Jesse Thomas Cole, 29, a recent move-in from Colorado, was arrested that Tuesday night, and charged with the robbery, while Jessica Chase Doan, 30, originally of Hayesville, NC, turned herself in on Wednesday, Feb. 3, to face the same charge at the Union County Jail, according to GBI Region 8 Special Agent Dustin Hamby.

The robbery occurred shortly before the pharmacy closed for the evening, around 8:30 p.m.

“Reportedly, a white male had come in, passed a note requesting a specific amount of prescription medication, and at that point in time, they provided that to him,” said Special Agent Hamby. “He left the store, and a description of the possible vehicle he was in was put out to dispatch.

“A Union County Sheriff’s Office (deputy) spotted the vehicle in the Walmart parking lot. After they spotted the vehicle, they made contact with a white male matching the description of the victims at the pharmacy at Ingles. He actually was in possession, at the time that they found him at Walmart, of the prescription medicine that was taken. He was then put into custody at that point in time.”

According to Special Agent Hamby, Doan and Cole were together at Walmart, though she was inside the store at the time Cole was taken into custody, and she was not with Cole during the actual robbery at the Ingles Pharmacy.

The Blairsville Police Department is likely to bring further charges, according to Special Agent Hamby, and other jurisdictions are also likely to bring charges against the couple for “doing something similar to this robbery at this pharmacy” at other pharmacies, particularly around the Atlanta area and possibly out of state.

This latest robbery is the second in a pair of unrelated robberies in three days in Blairsville. Suspects in the Sunday, Jan. 31, robbery of No. 1 Chinese Restaurant are still being sought by authorities.

 

   

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