St. Albans PD will again be participating in the National Take Back Initiative. This is a federally funded national program to properly dispose unused, unwanted, or expired medications. We and other local law enforcement agencies have partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to collect these medicines. The DEA will in turn pick them up and they will be incinerated.
The next collection will again be at the St. Albans K-Mart. It will be tomorrow, Saturday October 28 from 10am to 2pm just inside the front doors of K-Mart. A SAPD officer will be there to man the site. We appreciate our local K-Mart again allowing us to use their store as a drop off point. We can take pills, capsules, liquids that are either over the counter, prescription, or even pet medications. If you bring original containers, please remove any personal information. The only limitation is that NO needles can be accepted.
Also at the site, students from St. Albans High School will be there to give out free lock boxes to those who wish to better secure their medications. There are limited supplies of those boxes, so come early if you want one.
If you can’t make it to the drop off on Saturday, please refer to the attached file for methods to properly dispose of medications.
Among the goals for the National Take Back Initiative is the reduction in abuse of prescription medications due to misuse or theft and to keep them out of local water treatment plants.
Robbery @ Exxon One Stop
At about 8:55 pm, the clerk at the Exxon One Stop reported a robbery. A person entered the store wearing an orange ski mask came in to the store and threatened the use of a weapon, but none was displayed. The offender demanded cash. A small amount of cash was surrendered. The offender is believed to be a woman. The height is about 5-02. Clothing is described as a WVU hooded sweatshirt, light colored blue jeans, and wearing gloves.
The Exxon Stop is located at the intersection of US 60 & 5th Street in St. Albans.