California Trio Charged With Robbing Casper Pharmacy; One Had Never Heard Of Wyoming Before

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California Trio Charged With Robbing Casper Pharmacy; One Had Never Heard Of Wyoming Before

Court documents say three men from California drove to Casper after watching a how-to-rob-a-store video on Instagram and then stole thousands of opioid pills from a Casper Walgreens. One of the men said he picked Wyoming because he always wanted to visit the state. Another said he had never heard of Wyoming before.

Clair McFarland
June 04, 2023
9 min read

Three men from California are accused of robbing a Casper Walgreens of thousands of opioid pills, after watching a how-to-rob-a-Walgreens video on Instagram. ... One of the men said he’d never heard of Wyoming before they arrived, and another said they chose Wyoming because he had always wanted to visit the state, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed in Casper Circuit Court on Tuesday.

Charles Jemison, who is about 21, and Curtis Green and Joshua Slaughter, both 23, all face various felony charges on suspicion of robbery, drug possession, and conspiracy to deliver drugs, as well as a misdemeanor charge each for allegedly having marijuana in their getaway car. ... Green face a misdemeanor eluding charge on suspicion of being the getaway driver, and Jemison faces a kidnapping charge for allegedly confining pharmacy workers during the robbery.

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What’s Wyoming?

Law enforcement agents arrested the three men in Converse County, the affidavit says, and found the pills in their car. ... Casper Police Department Detective Schlager spoke with Curtis Green first, when authorities took Green to an interview room in the Casper department. ... Green said he’d never heard of Wyoming before this trip, the affidavit says.

He said he’d done “some stupid shit” and would take accountability for his role in it. He was the getaway driver, Green allegedly told Schlager. He said he was from Stockton, California, and the three ended up in Wyoming because they were taking a road trip. ... “I just feel hella stupid right now, for real for real,” said Green, according to the affidavit. “I just feel hella dumb.” Green said he was concerned over how his family would look at him; how they’d take the news. ... The three friends knew each other from Weston Ranch High School in Stockton, he said, and had been friends for years. He was going to school to become an electrician but recently he “needed the money.”

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[femmedem]

1. To me, the Instagram video about how to rob a Walgreens seems is more important than What's Wyoming?

Instagram and the person who posted the video share some responsibility.

The full article paints a vivid picture of the young men's financial need.

[marble falls]

2. This paragraph ...

"The Instagram robber who’d inspired this plan had used a real gun, had gotten caught, and was released the next day, Jemison allegedly told the investigator. So Jemison thought he’d get released even sooner since they didn’t use a gun, he said."

Just plain crazy.