ROCKINGHAM — A man is facing charges after an attempted robbery caught on camera at a local pharmacy.
Security footage from DR Pharmacy in downtown Rockingham appears to show 24-year-old Brandon Alexander Muldrow walk into the business at 4:51 p.m. Sept. 14.
Muldrow then appears to grab a single piece of candy and lay it on the counter for a purchase.
As the cashier is ringing it up, Muldrow appears to first put his left hand under his shirt to make it seem he had a gun, then raises his right hand, forming a finger gun, pointing it at the cashier.
The video appears to show that Muldrow then attempted to grab the register, which was snatched back by another employee of the pharmacy.
Muldrow then appears frustrated, grabs the monitor and throws it at the second employee before running out the door.
She chases him to the door and an employee of Todd’s Computers next door comes over and runs after him.
Police caught Muldrow later that same day.
Muldrow is charged with one felony count of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and one misdemeanor count of assault and battery.
He was booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $50,000 secured bond and jail records show he is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 1.
As of the afternoon of Sept. 25, the warrant had still not been returned to the Richmond County Clerk of Superior Court’s office.
Muldrow has been wanted by the Hamlet Police Department since March in a felony larceny case.
According to records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction, Muldrow was convicted in February 2019 of felony breaking and entering, breaking and entering a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Muldrow was first convicted in 2014 on three counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle and one count of attempted felony larceny.
His probation on the larceny conviction was revoked and he served seven months behind bars. He was released in November of 2014, but imprisoned again for six months in January of 2015 when his probation was revoked on the other convictions.
Not long after being released in July of that year, Muldrow was convicted of misdemeanor breaking and entering.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
