Long Island

Pharmacy installs robbery deterrent device

Published: February 16, 2012 9:03 PM
By SID CASSESE sid.cassese@newsday.com

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | New York State Senator Kemp Hannon, center, speaks beside pharmacist Donald Cantalino, left, and James Hayward, Ph.D., Sc.D. of Applied DNA Sciences during a press conference discussing the SmartDNA intruder/offender tagging device at Uniondale Chemists. (Feb. 16, 2012)

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A small Uniondale pharmacy Thursday became the first such store on Long Island to get a DNA deterrent to robberies.

At a news conference outside the Uniondale Chemists drugstore, state Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) touted the device as a way to apprehend and deter criminals who steal synthetic opiates and other prescription drugs.

The device hangs above the store's front door, and...

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