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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The victim said he was standing behind the pharmacy counter when a man walked into the store, approached him and placed a note on the counter demanding Oxycodone, according to the police report.

Friday, October 26, 2012  On Thursday, the 15th Circuit Drug Enforcement Unit and the Horry County Sheriff's Office Warrant Division arrested three people for illegally possessing prescription drugs.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A Ruby man was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Florence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

Friday, June 29, 2012  Seven Myrtle Beach residents and three New Jersey residents were arrested in a multi-state drug sweep, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Thursday.

Friday, June 29, 2012  The inmate found dead in the Florence County Detention Center about 7 p.m. Thursday was Richard Rublowitz, according to Deputy Coroner Don Reynolds

Friday, May 04, 2012  The Florence County Sheriff's Office said it made a huge dent in drug trafficking on Interstate 95 and Interstate 20 this week through Operation Strike Force.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  Experts are worried that an explosion in prescription drug sales is creating a wave of addiction. An analysis by The Associated Press shows pharmacies, hospitals and physicians dispensed the equivalent of 69 tons of pure oxycodone and 42 tons of pure hydrocodone in 2010.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  A Conway man was sentenced in a Florence Federal Court Thursday for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distributing Oxycodone.

Monday, November 22, 2010  Julius "Butch" Nesbitt, who eluded police for six weeks after faking his own death, was sentenced Monday to 151 months in prison.

Friday, November 12, 2010  A couple and their 19-year-old daughter have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  Just after 5:00 p.m. Monday, a man walked into the CVS Pharmacy on South Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach and ordered the pharmacy technician to give him "Oxys and Roxies," slang terms for two narcotic pain killers.

Friday, August 27, 2010  A Georgetown County man was convicted Thursday on drug charges and for faking his own death.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010  According to a release from U.S. Attorney William N. Nettles, Jason Cooke, 21, of Murrells Inlet has been indicted by a federal grand jury for twice robbing the CVS pharmacy at Highway 17 Bypass in Murrells Inlet with a firearm, conspiracy, and possessing with intent to distribute the oxycodone.

Tuesday, February 02, 2010  Conway Police are looking for the man who robbed a pharmacy clerk Sunday night at the Walgreens on 1601 Church Street.