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About 12:45 a.m., the officers stopped the truck and saw the driver, Steinberg, was the sole occupant, a news release notes. They placed him in the back of a patrol vehicle, it adds. During their investigation, the officers con- cluded that Steinberg was driving south on U.S. 41 in the outside lane. Just past the Hudson Bayou bridge, the report says, the truck appeared to have swerved up onto the curb and the sidewalk. The victim was struck by the right side of the truck, which contin- ued south and hit a light pole before officers stopped it, the release continues. The victim in the original crash was identified as Gerald Blalock, 44, of Sarasota, the release says. He appeared to have broken bones and a head laceration, the report notes. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:41 a.m. Steinberg was arrested and transported to the Sarasota County Jail. Mark Steinberg/Contributed photo A 65-year-old Sarasota man has been charged with Armed Robbery in connection with an incident on Sunday at the CVS located at 2773 Fruitville Road, the Sarasota Police Department has reported. About 1:20 p.m. on April 13, officers with the Sarasota Police Department responded to a report about an armed robbery at the store, a news release explains. The suspect walked into the CVS with a ban- danna over his face and threatened the clerk at the front of the store, the release says. He then walked to the pharmacy, at the rear of the store, and demanded all of the Oxycodone and Hydromorphone pills, which are prescrip- tion drugs, the release points out. "The suspect had his hand in his pocket and implied he had a gun," the release continues. Pharmacy staff placed the pills on the counter for him, and then he demanded a bag. That was when "he was taken down by Jaanus Jurisoo," a witness inside the store at the time of the incident, the release explains. Jurisoo held the defendant down until the officers arrived, it adds. Further investigation showed the suspect was not armed, the release notes. Freddie F. Johnson, 65, of 704 Rellim Lane, Sarasota, is also facing one count of Armed Robbery in connection with the Hedges Pharmacy robbery that occurred on Feb. 27, the release notes. CUSTOMER INSIDE CVS TACKLES WOULD-BE ROBBER Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 96