A Helena man accused in a pharmacy robbery attmept in which he claimed to have a bomb will spend 5 years behind bars. Richard Vernon Fox, 38, of Helena was recently sentenced to separate cases following the incident in which he passed a note through the drive through window at Family Pharmacy in May asking for narcotics and cash, claiming he had explosives in his vehicle. An employee called police and Fox drove away as law enforcement began arriving at the scene. He pleaded guilty to robbery and evading arrest.
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