Pinellas deputies say a third suspect is still at large.

CLEARWATER – Deputies have arrested and charged two men in connection with a New Year’s Day armed robbery at a CVS pharmacy in the unincorporated Clearwater area, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

David DeWayne Dobbins, 19, of Lawrence, IN, was charged with three counts of False Imprisonment, and one count each of Armed Robbery, Trafficking in Hydrocodone, and Trafficking in Oxycodone.

Christopher Marcus Rachell, 19, who is homeless, was charged with three counts of False Imprisonment, two counts of Trafficking in Hydrocodone, and one count each of Armed Robbery and Possession of Oxycodone.

A third suspect has not been identified and has not been arrested.

Deputies said that, about 5:20 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 1), they were called because of an armed robbery at the CVS, 30387 U.S. 19 N in unincorporated Clearwater.

According to detectives, three men entered the store through the main entrance. One jumped the counter of the pharmacy brandishing a handgun and forced the pharmacist to open two safes containing opioid
medication, while the other two confronted two store employees with a handgun, bound their hands behind their backs, and took them to the pharmacy.

The men put the medication into garbage bags and fled the scene in a white sedan.

The employees were not injured during the robbery and were able to call 911 after the men left the store.

Deputies said they followed a trail of discarded medication bottles that led to a house on West Avenue in Clearwater.

Deputies identified the white sedan in the driveway as the same vehicle used during the robbery. Deputies took Dobbins and Rachell into custody without incident. Detectives tried to interview them but neither would talk.

The investigation is ongoing.

PHOTO SHOWS CHRISTOPHER MARCUS RACHELL, LEFT, AND DAVID DEWAYNE DOBBINS.

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