'Drugstore Cowboy' Author Arrested In Pharmacy Robbery

REDMOND, Wash. — Police in Washington state say the man who wrote "Drugstore Cowboy" has been arrested in yet another pharmacy robbery.

James Fogle was arrested with another man Tuesday night after they allegedly tied up employees at a pharmacy in Redmond, east of Seattle. The Seattle Times reports Fogle will be arraigned Thursday on a charge of first-degree armed robbery.

Fogle has spent much of his adult life in prison, which is where he wrote "Drugstore Cowboy." Filmmaker Gus Van Sant turned the novel into the acclaimed 1989 film starring Matt Dillon. The work was loosely based on Fogle's life robbing pharmacies to feed his addictions.

Redmond police spokesman Jim Bove says robbing pharmacies "is probably the only thing he knows."

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Information from: The Seattle Times, http://www.seattletimes.com

Comments

[JackiChan]

01:01 PM on 05/31/2010

At least his work is credible.

[The Wallet]

10:03 AM on 05/31/2010

art imitates life..

[sisyphus93]

10:49 PM on 05/30/2010

This was a fantastic movie. What a shame the author has since proved to be such a shiftless piece of dreck.

[yellowdoggie]

03:44 PM on 05/29/2010

Huh. Maybe his next book should have the title "Old Convict."

[JDM73]

10:08 PM on 05/28/2010

Legalize drugs, for god's sake. Stop being so revoltingly hysterical and legalize them.

[ibsteve2u]

10:24 AM on 05/28/2010

Huh. He should have written another book; one or two more books, and he would have reached the threshold of fame that results in Hollywood doctors climbing all over each other in their race to feed the addictions of the famous.

[TheBaffler]

12:14 AM on 05/28/2010

A great film.

[HDR]

07:53 PM on 05/30/2010

Agreed. Put film maker and star on the map.

[MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel]

10:17 PM on 05/27/2010

Aren't aspiring authors told to write about what they know?

[az10]

01:09 PM on 05/27/2010

Times they are a changin' pardner!!