Sunday, March 24, 2013
CVS thinks so and has put its employees on notice that they will be required to pay a $50 a month fine unless they step on the scale.
One of the big health care stories last week was a new policy by CVS Caremark that will require its employees to step on a scale and reveal their weight, along with other health-related numbers, to qualify for health care. This was reported by CNBC, as well as with many other media outlets. According to CNBC, employees on the CVS company health care plan who don't do this would have to pay a $50 penalty. The employees also would be required to have a WebMD wellness review by May 1, which would require tests for blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, body mass and body weight. The CVS policy is reported to also state that, going forward, people would be required to manage those numbers. Smokers too have reportedly been warned by CVS that…
Friday, January 25, 2013
Jamad Wallace, of Stone Mountain, was arrested in connection with the murder of a man at a Lawrenceville drug store in 2012.
From Lawrenceville Patch After a nearly nine month search, Gwinnett County Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a man at a CVS in Lawrenceville. Jamad Wallace, 21 of Stone Mountain, was arrested Wednesday in DeKalb County and taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center. Wallace is charged with murder in relation to the death of Alex Delgado Ramos, 27 of Lawrenceville last year. On March 4, 2012, officers responded to a shooting at the CVS at 1187 Grayson Highway at around 10pm. Ramos was found outside the drugstore with a gunshot to the left side of his head. He was taken to the hospital where he died two days later. According to a release from GCPD Cpl. Jake Smith, Wallace was also wanted aggravated assault following a …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Inside the Police Reports: A steel cable was found with one end coming from a van and the other end wrapped around an ATM sign from a CVS pharmacy in the Norcross area.
Gwinnett County Police believe a suspect or suspects attempted to steal the ATM inside a CVS pharmacy in the Norcross area by dragging it out with a cable attached to a van. Officers reported to a burglary alarm that went off at the 1190 Indian Trail Road business around 2:29 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, according to the police report. The store's front windows were broken, and police believe it was smashed with the hammer found near the glass. The Chase bank ATM was behind the glass in the store, but the ATM sign donning the bank name was not attached. The sign was located nearby with a steel cable wrapped around it, the report says. The other end of the cable was attached to an unoccupied, but running, van that was parked at the store's back …
Monday, June 13, 2011
A suspect is in custody after the armed robbery of the CVS on Buford Highway.
A man entered a Norcross CVS last Thursday in broad daylight with a handgun and demanded money. Norcross Police and the Gwinnett County Police Department were able to put their heads together to zero in on a suspect, who is now in custody. Edward Underwood, 45, has been arrested in connection with the case. Detention Center records include a Conyers address and a Lawrenceville address for Underwood. At about 4:30 p.m. on June 9, the Norcross Police got a call about an armed robbery at the CVS at 5304 Buford Hwy. Those in the store said that a man approached the cash register to check out, then took out the gun and demanded cash. It is not known how much money the employee handed over. Gwinnett Police shared information with Norcross about…
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