Thursday's Internet Edition, September 09, 2010.

Fred Gainer, a member of the Spencer High class of 1948, and Betty Gainer look over an old photo of Spencer High’s first girls state basketball champions during the SHS All-Class Reunion Saturday.

The first time the thieves left empty-handed. This time they had more success, making off with more than $3,000 in prescription drugs.

A metal bar was thrown through the front door of Fruth Pharmacy on Bowman Street just after 2:30 a.m. last Thursday, according to Sgt. John Caldwell of the Spencer Police Dept.

After the door was shattered, Caldwell said footage from a store security camera shows two suspects running through the aisles to the pharmacy in the back of the store.

They grabbed several pills from the pharmacy and ran back out the front door.

Caldwell said the store alarm went off, but by the time police arrived, the thieves were gone.

“They were in and out of the store in two minutes,” he said.

Caldwell said the two suspects shown on the security camera both appear to be males. Other details were being withheld pending the investigation.

The earlier break-in was at Staats Pharmacy on East Main Street.

Police said that around 2 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, someone crawled through an air duct to get into the store. Once inside, they found themselves in a storage room with no access to the pharmacy.

Deputy Matthew “Bo” Williams of the Roane Sheriff’s Dept. said nothing was reported missing and the tools used to break into the air duct were left inside the duct. He said the thieves were probably scared off by the store’s alarm.

Police said anyone with information about either of the break-ins is asked to contact the Spencer Police Dept. at 304-927-0913 or the Roane Sheriff’s Dept. at 304-927-3410 or leave a message on the sheriff’s tipline at 304-927-8800. Caldwell said those who leave information could remain anonymous.