FAKE SANTA ROBS DRUG STORE OF OXYCONTIN

A naughty, gun-toting Santa robbed a Chester drug store of the powerful
painkiller OxyContin last night and made a clean getaway.

The 8:34 p.m. robbery occurred at the Eckerd Drug Store in the heart of the
Village of Chester.

"An individual dressed as Santa . . . beard, hat, the whole works . . .
just walked to the back of the store to the pharmacist, displayed his
weapon and asked for the OxyContin," said Chesterfield County police Capt.
Mike Spraker.

"Once he got it, he ran from the store. We had K-9 [a tracking dog and
handler] right in the area, and they were there within minutes."

The dog sniffed out a track that ended at a nearby apartment complex's
parking lot. Spraker said investigators believe the man got into a car
there and drove off.

"No reindeer or sleds were observed in the area," said Spraker, who wanted
any children reading this article to know "we immediately contacted the
North Pole and verified Santa was there. This Santa was definitely an impostor."