Drugstore Cowboy Author Busted in Pharmacy Robbery

At 73 'this is probably all he knows'
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted May 27, 2010 5:03 AM CDT
Drugstore Cowboy Author Busted in Pharmacy Robbery
Matt Dillon starred in the film adaptation of Fogle's autobiographical book about his life robbing pharmacies.   (jennamariemassoli2)

Drugstore Cowboy author James Fogle is back in jail after taking yet another page out his own book. The author, whose book about his life of robbing pharmacies to feed his drug addiction became a 1989 movie starring Matt Dillon, was arrested this week for robbing a Seattle-area pharmacy. "He's 73 years old and this is probably the only thing he knows," a police spokesman told the Seattle Times. Fogle—who was wanted in connection with several other pharmacy heists—and an accomplice have been charged with first-degree armed robbery.
(More James Fogle stories.)

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