ROCKPORT, Maine — A 55-year-old Owls Head man was arrested Tuesday evening and accused of robbing a Rockport pharmacy earlier in the day.
Donald Keating was arrested at his residence and charged with robbery, said Rockport Police Chief Mark Kelley.
Kelley said that there was a lot of evidence pointing to Keating and that he admitted the crime when apprehended.
No weapon was displayed and none was mentioned during the robbery, he said.
Keating demanded drugs and the demand was met, the chief said.
The robber was wearing a Hannaford bag over his head when he entered the store and then took it off while inside, the chief said.
After being given the drugs, the suspect left the store and was seen leaving in a dark stationwagon parked in the adjacent Oakland Commons medical complex. The robbery occurred at 4:35 p.m.
The chief credited the assistance of other departments with the quick apprehension of Keating. Rockland Detective Sgt. Chris Young and Rockland Sgt. Russell Thompson along with officers from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office joined with Rockport police in the investigation.
The pharmacy is located off Route 1 across from the entrance to Pen Bay Medical Center.
Keating was convicted in 2003 of 11 counts of sexually assaulting a girl from 1989 through 1992. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but seven years suspended. He was also ordered to be on probation for six years upon his release. He also was charged last year with the theft of an air conditioner from the Thomaston transfer station.
He pleaded guilty in January to criminal trespass and was sentenced to seven days in jail.
Keating is also the subject of a land-use appeal by neighbors who oppose a take-out stand he opened in Owls Head. That case is under advisement by a judge.
Keating is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on the robbery charge Wednesday afternoon in Rockland District Court.