CVS employee and a pharmacist are both FIRED after they tackled a man who was trying to steal Oxycodone and baby shampoo from the pharmacy
- Zac Phillips and an unidentified pharmacist have both been fired from the CVS pharmacy where they worked in Greenville, Indiana
- They were caught on surveillance cameras tackling and man who was allegedly trying to steal Oxycodone and baby shampoo
- Incident occurred on November 25 when the man, identified as 22-year-old Jagger Maupin, entered the CVS shortly after midnight
- The two employees pinned Maupin to the ground when he tried to flee the store
- Maupin was charged with attempted robbery, theft and resisting officers
- CVS said the employees were fired for violating company policy
A CVS employee and a pharmacist have both been fired after they tackled a man who was allegedly trying to steal Oxycodone and baby shampoo from the pharmacy.
The employee, Zac Phillips, said he had been working at the CVS store in Greenville, Indiana for five years before being abruptly fired when he chose to fight back last month.
Phillips and the unidentified pharmacist were caught on surveillance cameras tackling the alleged robber as he tried to flee the 24-hour store.
The incident occurred on November 25 when the man, identified as 22-year-old Jagger Maupin, entered the CVS shortly after midnight.
CVS employee Zac Phillips (right) and an unidentified pharmacist (left) were caught on surveillance cameras stopping a man from allegedly robbing the pharmacy in Greenville, Indiana last month
Police said Maupin took a bottle of baby shampoo from the shelf as he made his way to the pharmacy counter at the back of the store.
He then allegedly put a note onto the counter for the pharmacist that said he was going to rob the store and demanded Oxycodone.
The pharmacist told police that Maupin never showed a weapon but he had one of his hands concealed in his sweatshirt during the encounter.
Phillips told News 8 that the pharmacist then walked the alleged robber to the front of the store where he was working at the cash registers.
He said the surveillance footage shows the pharmacist explaining to Phillips what was happening.
'Then, he put his hands on my pharmacist and I was right there when it happened,' Phillips said.
'I didn't know what was going to happen from that point. But, I wasn't going to let him hurt my pharmacist.'
The alleged robber, 22-year-old Jagger Maupin, had shown the pharmacist a note saying he was going to rob the store before demanding Oxycondone. Phillips claims Maupin put his hands on the pharmacist as he tried to flee the store (pictured above)
Maupin was caught on video trying to run from the store before Phillips and the pharmacist tackled him and pinned him to the ground
Maupin was caught on video trying to run from the store before Phillips and the pharmacist tackled him and pinned him to the ground until authorities arrived.
'You really don't have time to think in these situations it happened in a flash,' Phillips said.
'People are human. They react at things. Especially when you see someone going after someone you consider a friend, your instinct is to protect them.'
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Maupin was later arrested and charged with attempted robbery, theft and resisting law enforcement.
Before police arrived, Maupin allegedly tried to swallow the note he had given the pharmacist. Authorities said they were able to retrieve parts of the note.
Days after the incident, Phillips said he and the pharmacist were both fired by CVS.
Phillips, who is now calling for a boycott of the CVS store, says they were let go for violating the company's policy.
Phillips (pictured left) is now calling for a boycott of the CVS store because he believes he was unfairly fired for tackling the alleged robber Jagger Maupin (right)
The incident occurred on November 25 when the man, identified as 22-year-old Jagger Maupin, entered the CVS store in Greenville, Indiana shortly after midnight
'When you have a half second to think about it, you don't think about policy, you think about friends life, and who this guy might endanger if he had gotten drugs?' He told News 8.
Phillips said he was working at the CVS store a few years back when someone else tried to rob the store. He said he was punched in the face during that ordeal.
CVS Pharmacy issued a statement saying: 'The safety and well-being of our customers and employees is always our highest priority.
'We have stringent security policies and procedures in place to prohibit actions by employees that would jeopardize their safety and the safety of others.
'The actions of two employees at our Greenfield store during a recent attempted robbery violated those policies and procedures by initiating a physical confrontation, which led to our decision to separate them from the company.'
Maupin has since pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held at the Hancock County Jail on a $3,000 bond.
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