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Newport woman charged with aggravated robbery of pharmacy

10:26 AM, Sep 20, 2012   |    comments
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A Newport woman is in custody after police say she robbed a drug store.

It happened at Town and Country Drugs in Newport.

Police say 27-year-old Miranda Ellison walked up to the counter and handed the clerk a note that read "give me all the Roxicodone pills you have or we will blow up."

She left after getting a 500 count bottle of the 30 milligram pills.

Ellison was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and theft of property.

She was placed in the Cocke County jail under a $10,000 bond