ASHLAND — Ashland police have filed charges against a man in connection with an armed robbery at a borough business last year.
Patrolman Daniel Weikel III charged Jason Pryce, who is currently jailed on unrelated charges, with robbing Bracey Pharmacy, 626 Centre St., on Oct. 27.
Weikel said Pryce, whose last address was 215 Germanville Road, Ashland, was charged with robbery and related offenses and will be arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Christina E. Hale, Frackville, at a later date.
The day of the robbery, Ashland Police Chief Mark O’Hearn said, a man, now identified as Pryce, entered the pharmacy and pointed some type of object that was stuffed inside his sleeve at several employees while demanding prescription medication. The man then grabbed a quantity of prescription medication and left the business through the front door, fleeing the area west on Centre Street.
A subsequent investigation determined that Pryce stole 1,164 Oxycodone tablets from the business before leaving.
In announcing the charges, Weikel said police suspected Pryce from the day of the robbery but had to process evidence and gather statements from witnesses. This information was needed for the prosecution prior to the charges being filed, he said.
Weikel said Pryce is incarcerated in a state prison.
During the original robbery call, Ashland officers were assisted by police from Frackville and Butler Township, state troopers from the Frackville station, Schuylkill County sheriff’s deputies and members of Schuylkill County Adult Probation.