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Update: Man Accused of Robbing Gloucester Twp. Rite Aid Arrested

Gloucester Township New Jersey

Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle reported a man suspected of robbing a Gloucester Township pharmacy at gunpoint has been apprehended.

John Tracy, 39, of Gloucester Township, is accused of robbing the Rite Aid on the 1400 block of Chews Landing Road around 9:40 a.m. on Monday.  It is alleged he held up the pharmacist with a handgun and made off with prescription medication.

The defendant was arrested by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task Force, Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Gloucester Township Police Department at a hotel on the 800 block of the Black Horse Pike in Blackwood around 6:20 p.m on Wednesday.

Tracy is charged with robbery, aggravated assault by pointing a firearm at another person, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of weapon for an unlawful purpose.  He was remanded to the Camden County Jail on $200,000 bail.

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