Federal prosecutors say that four men have been indicted on charges that they robbed a string of banks and drug stores from Hagerstown to Timonium in 2008 and last year, and then sold prescription medication such as Oxycodone and morphine and cocaine.

The 17-count indictment outlines a broad scheme of robberies that included stores such as Magnolia Square Pharmacy in Hagerstown to the Lykos Pharmacy on York Road in Timonium. (Read the indictment here). 

Part of a statement from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office:

A federal grand jury has indicted Elvin Fulton, age 20, of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania; his brother, Dwight Julius Fulton, a/k/a “DJ,” age 22; Luis Maldonando, a/k/a “Ant,” age 26; and Justin Broadus, age 22, all of Hagerstown, Maryland, on charges related to a string of pharmacy and bank robberies from Western Maryland to Baltimore County.

 “This indictment illustrates the increasing problem of prescription drug abuse in this country. DEA is seeing a rise in prescription drugs sold along with illicit drugs in open air drug markets. Criminal drug trafficking organizations exist to make money. Period. It doesn’t matter to them whether they are selling cocaine, heroin or prescription drugs, as long as it generates a profit.  As an agency, DEA will go after these organizations utilizing all the same tools and methods used to dismantle illicit drug trafficking organizations.”