Posted on 02/01/2024 5:10:45 AM PST by V_TWIN
A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper was sentenced to prison after he robbed multiple Florida pharmacies in 2022, the Department of Justice said.
Jesse Rance Moore, 46, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for four counts pertaining to Hobbs Act robberies and three counts for brandishing a firearm during the robberies.
An FBI investigation into Moore began when word of a "masked man" robbing pharmacies in the Columbia County area spread.
Moore was captured on surveillance cameras walking into the pharmacy with a gun and demanded prescription drugs such as oxycodone, OxyContin, and Percocet.
After Moore held up multiple store employees and robbed the store, he left the pharmacy to drive southbound on US Highway 27.
During his getaway, a customer at the pharmacy's drive-thru followed Moore and captured his license plate number – connecting Moore to the crime.
Moore's license plate number was connected to three Florida robberies. Moore's first robbery was at the North Florida Pharmacy of Fort White on August 2, 2021, his second robbery happened at the North Florida Pharmacy of Chiefland on November 20, 2021, and the last being at the Baya West Pharmacy in Lake City on December 29, 2021.
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WHAT??!!
It’s not who you know, it’s who you blow, and it’s obvious someone on that decision board was afraid to put a foot down for firing.
No mention of motivation. Addiction? Money? Needed for relative? Story would be helpful if the news followed the goal of Who, What, Why?
“During his getaway, a customer at the pharmacy’s drive-thru followed Moore and captured his license plate number”
Democrat level intellect. Why not just leave your drivers license at the pharmacy as well.
“No mention of motivation. Addiction? Money? Needed for relative? Story would be helpful if the news followed the goal of Who, What, Why?”
I think when police do this it’s some kind of weird cry for help. Where I live we had a police officer rob a bank, with almost no real effort to not get caught. This guy also knew he wasn’t going to get away with it.
I’ve heard that’s very common in police departments.
I saw a video yesterday of a cop in Maryland who arrested a guy and shoved him in the car face first then twisted his legs into the car, all while telling him about how strong he is from working out. The cop was actually a fat slob.
He was fired for his actions and almost immediately hired for a municipal position at about the same salary.
After a number of medical procedures over the course of my life in which that type of medication was beneficial for heavy pain...yes...there was some withdrawal as I came off the stuff. But, I can promise you...I'd turn myself into rehab before I'd start robbing pharmacies. That's just crazy.
The state needs to review all his traffic stops and arrests to make sure he wasn’t over stepping the boundaries.
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