Lincoln police have arrested a 33-year-old Lincoln man on suspicion of trying to rob the Walgreens at 27th Street and Pine Lake Road early Friday.Â
Sgt. Randy Clark said they identified Derek Mueller as a suspect after receiving tips he was the man in surveillance footage police released Monday.Â
Officer Katie Flood said a man went into the pharmacy just before 1 a.m. and handed the pharmacist a note demanding prescription drugs. According to a affidavit for Mueller's arrest, he went into the store with his face uncovered, then came back with it covered.Â
The pharmacist refused to give Mueller what he wanted and tried to grab his face mask, the document says.
The man displayed no weapon and made no threats, police said.
Mueller was arrested Tuesday at his home at 3921 Village Court, Clark said. Prosecutors charged him Wednesday with attempted robbery and Lancaster County Judge Matt Acton set his bail at $25,000.