By Gary Lloyd
BIRMINGHAM — Charges have been announced against the man arrested for the alleged robberies of CVS Pharmacy stores in Center Point and Pinson.
Tommy Leon Stewart, 28, of Birmingham is charged with five counts of pharmacy robbery and four counts of menacing. Arrest warrants were issued for Stewart on Nov. 4. He was arrested today by Birmingham police and has no bond.
Stewart is also suspected of committing at least four robberies of businesses in the Birmingham city limits, including a doughnut shop, a CVS Pharmacy and two check cashing businesses.
On Oct. 21 just after 1 p.m. the CVS Pharmacy located in the 2000 block of Center Point Road was robbed by a man with a handgun. After the suspect gathered money and drugs from the store, he jumped out the drive-thru window. Deputies searched the area but were unable to locate him. He was described as a black male with a fake beard and mustache taped to his face.
On Oct. 29 just after 7 p.m. the CVS Pharmacy located in the 6600 block of Center Point Road in Pinson was robbed. The suspect was described in similar fashion. He also used a handgun and fled the store by jumping out the drive-thru window.
As he fled the second robbery location he dropped his wallet, which contained his identification. Detectives were able to use the identification to match him to a fingerprint that was recovered from the earlier Center Point robbery scene.
In each of the robberies there were multiple victims. There were three victims at the Pinson location and two at the Center Point location.
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