Gardiner Man Pleads Guilty to Pharmacy Robbery

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Gardiner Man Pleads Guilty to Pharmacy Robbery

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Oct. 28, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jesse

Mansir, 31, of Gardiner, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to

pharmacy robbery.

Court records reveal that on Aug. 21, 2014, Mansir entered the Rite Aid Pharmacy in

Gardiner, approached the pharmacy counter and handed a threatening note to a pharmacy

technician. He told the technician that he had a gun and he concealed one of his hands. The

pharmacist gave Mansir two bottles of Oxycodone and he fled.

Law enforcement officers located Mansir with the aid of a K9 and recovered one of the

stolen Oxycodone bottles. A Gardiner police officer identified Mansir as the robber after

reviewing surveillance video from the pharmacy. Two of the pharmacy employees also

identified him as the robber from a photo array.

Mansir faces up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and restitution. He will be

sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the Gardiner Police Department, the Maine State

Police, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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