FARMINGTON – The suspect in a recent pharmacy robbery and an attempted one in Farmington turned himself in at Franklin County jail on Saturday afternoon and was arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday. Judge John McElwee set bail for Shawn Lord, 22, of Eustis, at $25,000 cash or $75,000 worth of property.
Lord was arrested at the jail on two warrants and a total of eight charges on which he was indicted by a Franklin County grand jury on Nov. 15.
After being interviewed in jail by Farmington Detective Marc Bowering, Lord was additionally charged with two counts of robbery. Those counts stem from two Nov. 11 incidents in which there was an unsuccessful attempt to acquire prescription painkillers at Howard’s Rexall on Main Street and a short time later a successful attempt at Wal-Mart. The suspect threatened pharmacist Rob Witt at Howard’s with explosives and told David Hebert at the Wal-Mart pharmacy that he had a gun.
The two warrants, resulting from the grand jury indictments, were based on two other incidents.
On Aug. 27 this year, Lord is accused of stealing a firearm from a Wilton man and later threatening a bouncer at the Front Street Tavern in Farmington. He was indicted on charges of theft of a firearm, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, possession of firearms in a licensed liquor establishment, carrying a concealed weapon, criminal mischief and theft by unauthorized taking.
Lord is also accused of attempting to acquire oxycodone, a powerful prescription painkiller, at Howard’s Rexall on Oct. 5 using a forged prescription. The grand jury indicted him on charges of acquiring drugs by deception and class C forgery for that incident.
Lord, handcuffed and wearing stained orange prison garb, was reprimanded during his arraignment by McElwee for leaning against a partition half-wall as Assistant District Attorney James Andrews gave the judge the state’s bail recommendation of $30,000 cash and $60,000 surety.
He has been arrested repeatedly, with charges dating back to 1997, and was out on bail at the time of the pharmacy robberies. Andrews recited a litany of Lord’s convictions, including assault, criminal trespass, numerous drug offenses, operating after suspension and theft. He also owes $1,040 in unpaid fines.
“The court has to take (his record) into serious consideration,” Andrews said.
After hearing the judge’s bail order, Lord asked if his mother’s and grandmother’s houses could be used to meet bail conditions so he could be released.
“I just need to get into a rehab,” he told the judge.
A probable cause hearing has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Feb. 1, but McElwee said bail may be reviewed before then.
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