ATTEMPTED ROBBERY (PHARMACY) 11/13/12 5:00p DMF

A MAN ATTEMPTED TO ROB A PHARMACY FOR COUGH SYRUP MONDAY NIGHT. AROUND 7:40 P.M. A MAN APPROACHED THE COUNTER OF CVS PHARMACY AT 110 E LAUREL DRIVE IN SALINAS. THE SUSPECT HANDED A NOTE TO THE EMPLOYEE, WHICH THREATENED VIOLENCE WITH A GUN IF THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAND OVER PRESCRIPTION-STRENGTH COUGH SYRUP. THE EMPLOYEE TURNED TO HAND THE NOTE TO A CO-WORKER AND THE SUSPECT JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER, AND ATTEMPTED TO GRAB A BOTTLE OF COUGH SYRUP. THE MAN FLED ON FOOT AND IS DESCRIBED AS APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS OLD, 5 FOOT 10 WITH DREADLOCKS.