NB cops find alleged Oxy robber

North Bergen Police arrested Henry Ryan, 32, of North Bergen as the alleged culprit to last month’s OxyContin robbery.
Henry allegedly pulled up to the CVS Pharmacy located at 90th Street and Bergenline Avenue at 2:40 a.m. on Sept. 22 in a taxi he had ridden from New York City, said police.
According to Capt. Robert Dowd, it was the taxi driver’s first night. The driver was from Bangladesh and did not have a good grasp on English.
When they got to the CVS, he had told the New York driver that he was going to take money out of the ATM to pay him. Dowd said that the driver was “leery” so he followed Henry in and watched him demand the pills from the pharmacist, not truly understanding what was going on.
Henry allegedly left the pharmacy with 200 tablets of the drug and then fled into James J. Braddock Park.
The driver followed him into the park, where Henry allegedly called his mother so that he could pay the driver. Henry’s mother allegedly drove the two men to Oritani Savings Bank, where she took money $60 out of her bank account to pay for Henry’s ride.
Afterward the taxi driver returned to the scene. witnesses pointed him out as being a part of the robbery, said Dowd, who explained that he was then arrested.
After the aid of a translation service, police learned that the driver had not been a part of the robbery. He drove police to the ATM location, helping them find the bank records of Henry’s mother, said Dowd.
When police arrested Henry, he had been sleeping before they arrived. Only 69 pills remained. Dowd said the pills have a value of $20 each.
“We believe he had been using them,” said Dowd. “he admits that he was addicted to all kinds of pain medication.”
Henry is also a suspect in a July 25 robbery at the same CVS on July 25, and two others in Hoboken, police said.
Henry was charged with drug possession, distribution within 500 feet of a park, distribution within 1000 feet of a school, receiving stolen property, unlawful possession of prescription drugs, and first degree robbery. Henry received distribution charges not because he was believed to have been dealing the stolen goods, but because he had enough in possession to be doing so.