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KOMO News (Seattle, WA)REDMOND, Wash -- The man who wrote a book called "Drugstore Cowboy" is now accused of being a drugstore cowboy.
Redmond police say Jim Fogle and another man were caught in the act after tying up pharmacy workers and trying to make their getaway.
Jim Fogle's book and subsequent movie was all about a guy robbing pharmacies to feed a drug habit. Police say life imitated art.
In the movie, Matt Dillon gets the drugs, but in this real life story, police say they got Fogle and his accomplice, 45-year-old Shannon Benn, while the armed robbery was in progress.
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Life imitates art, or vice-versa! This took place at the pharmacy next to my partner's workplace. I love the movie! Apparently, Fogle, who is 73, has a long rap sheet. When the police arrived, he had two large plastic garbage bags full of pharmaceuticals that he was about to steal.
A customer that came to the door just at closing (and after Fogle had taken the employees hostage) was sent away by an employee locking the door. The employee whispered to the customer to call 911.
Side note: The KOMO TV van that arrived broke down and cause a major spill of diesel fuel into the lot that took all night and well into the morning for a haz-mat team to clean up!