Franklin, TN - At 5:59am on Sunday, 02/23/2014, officers responded to the Walgreens, located at 9100 Carothers Parkway, to investigate a burglar alarm. On arrival, they found a broken front window, and determined that a large quantity of narcotics had been stolen. With the help of video surveillance, detectives quickly identified the suspect as 41-year-old Robert Garrett of Brentwood, after Metro Police arrested him later that same morning for the armed robbery of a Nashville CVS. Franklin Police Detectives have obtained warrants against Garrett for Burglary, Felony Theft, and Felony Vandalism. Garrett remains in Metro Police custody this morning.
-------------------------------------------------
02/23/2014 Release by Metro Police Public Affairs:
A Brentwood man who admits to using a shotgun in this morning’s robbery of the CVS Pharmacy at 4709 Nolensville Pike has also confessed to burglarizing the Walgreens store at 6815 Nolensville Pike hours earlier.
Robert Howard Garrett, 41, of Wheatley Forest, who was apprehended by Metro Police dog Echo and his partner, Officer J.D. Young, is jailed on charges of aggravated robbery, burglary, felony drug possession, felony theft and vandalism. Thousands of prescription pills taken this morning were recovered.
South Precinct officers responded to a robbery in progress at CVS just after 7:30 a.m. As units arrived, the robber ran to a black getaway vehicle and sped away. Officers followed him to McMurray Drive where he temporarily dropped out of sight. Police flooded the area and were alerted by citizens that the getaway Mazda Protégé was parked behind a home on Parishwood Court. Echo and Officer Young apprehended Garrett in the back yard. A loaded shotgun was recovered from the Mazda, as were numerous bottles of pills.
During an interview with Detectives Dennis Shepherd and Derry Baltimore, Garrett admitted to the robbery of CVS 30 minutes prior to his arrest, as well as the 4:35 a.m. burglary of Walgreens. Garrett also admitted to a pharmacy burglary in Franklin.
A judicial commissioner late this afternoon set Garrett’s bond at $77,000.
