Suspect in local pharmacy robberies now tied to three cases in Spokane area

by Staff Reports
| January 8, 2015 8:00 PM

Spokane County Sheriff's Office detectives have identified 26-year-old Brian J. Lindsey as the suspect in three pharmacy robberies in Spokane Valley and Spokane County.

Lindsey was arrested by the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force and Coeur d'Alene Police on Sunday for the robbery of the Walgreens Pharmacy in Coeur d'Alene that occurred earlier in the day.

He is also the suspect in the December pharmacy robberies at the Trading Co. store in Post Falls and ShopKo in Coeur d'Alene.

Detectives in the region have investigated several pharmacy robberies in Spokane and Kootenai counties over the past two months.

Through their investigation, Spokane County detectives believe Lindsey committed robberies of the Walgreens at 15510 E. Sprague Ave. in Spokane Valley, the Albertsons pharmacy at 13606 E. 32nd Ave. in Spokane County on Nov. 15 and the Shopko pharmacy at 13414 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley on Dec. 7.

Charges in Spokane County for these robberies are expected as this investigation continues. Lindsey remains in custody at the Kootenai County jail for his charges in Idaho.

Lindsey is also a suspect in pharmacy robberies in Montana and North Dakota.