Hickory Police Charge Teens with Pharmacy Hold- Ups

Hickory Police this morning announced they have arrested two teens in connection with a pair of pharmacy robberies last week. 16-year-old Trystan McClain and 17-year-old Ahmad Smith are charged in connection with a robbery at a CVS Pharmacy last Tuesday and a Walgreens last Thursday morning.

McClain is charged with two counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Smith, also wanted in connection to a robbery at a convenience store in Granite Falls is charged with one count of robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Both are being held in the Catawba County Detention Center. In both pharmacy heists as well as the convenience store robbery suspects were armed and fled with cash.